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captains-log-facts [2016/09/23 11:39] – [Suit Spoils Star Trek's 50th] typo correction Carlos Pedrazacaptains-log-facts [2016/10/10 20:44] – adds fact check series box Carlos Pedraza
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 [{{ :winston-peters.jpg?300|**TOP FIRM** Peters, center, poses with his pro bono attorney, Erin Ranahan, left, of the firm Winston & Strawn.}}] [{{ :winston-peters.jpg?300|**TOP FIRM** Peters, center, poses with his pro bono attorney, Erin Ranahan, left, of the firm Winston & Strawn.}}]
  
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-<wrap em>PARTLY TRUE</wrap> **Just Some Fan**. Peters' characterization of himself and his project as "just some fan producing a fan film" is at odds with how he formerly portrayed Axanar until he was sued. Peters explicitly eschewed the term fan film for //Axanar//, instead describing it as "the groundbreaking … first fully professional, independent Star Trek film."+<WRAP right round box 350px> 
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 +<wrap lo><wrap em>FACT CHECK</wrap> is an **AxaMonitor** series examining claims made with regard to the Axanar case, chiefly Alec Peters' blog posts, interviews and public announcements. [[axam>tag:fact_check&do=showtag&tag=fact_check|Read the series »]]</wrap> 
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 +<wrap em>PARTLY TRUE</wrap> **Just Some Fan**. Peters' characterization of himself and his project as "just some fan producing a fan film" is at odds with how he formerly portrayed Axanar until he was sued. Peters explicitly eschewed the term fan film for //Axanar//, instead describing it as "the groundbreaking … first fully professional, independent Star Trek film."(([[http://igg.me/at/axanar/x/9027520|Axanar Indiegogo campaign page]], retrieved 9/23/16.))
  
 <wrap em>TRUE</wrap> **Top Law Firm**. Peters did successfully hire a prominent IP firm, [[Winston & Strawn]], to represent Axanar pro bono. Axanar is still liable, however, for fees and costs outside the hourly rates of the lawyers working on its case. <wrap em>TRUE</wrap> **Top Law Firm**. Peters did successfully hire a prominent IP firm, [[Winston & Strawn]], to represent Axanar pro bono. Axanar is still liable, however, for fees and costs outside the hourly rates of the lawyers working on its case.
  
 <wrap em>MOSTLY FALSE</wrap> **Crying Uncle**. The notion that CBS and Paramount expected Peters to fold immediately after they filed suit in December 2015 is mostly supposition based on some lack of specificity in the original [[lawsuit#legal complaint]], swiftly rectified by the plaintiffs in an amended filing. The fact is that Peters simply cannot know what the plaintiffs might have thought about how he would react to the suit. Peters' assertion that he unexpectedly rose up to find powerful allies to fight back is simply a narrative used to attract public support. <wrap em>MOSTLY FALSE</wrap> **Crying Uncle**. The notion that CBS and Paramount expected Peters to fold immediately after they filed suit in December 2015 is mostly supposition based on some lack of specificity in the original [[lawsuit#legal complaint]], swiftly rectified by the plaintiffs in an amended filing. The fact is that Peters simply cannot know what the plaintiffs might have thought about how he would react to the suit. Peters' assertion that he unexpectedly rose up to find powerful allies to fight back is simply a narrative used to attract public support.
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 [{{ ::desilu-copyright.jpg?300|**COPYRIGHT** The closing credits for Star Trek's first pilot, "The Cage," bears a 1964 copyright by Desilu Studios, the series' original owner.}}] [{{ ::desilu-copyright.jpg?300|**COPYRIGHT** The closing credits for Star Trek's first pilot, "The Cage," bears a 1964 copyright by Desilu Studios, the series' original owner.}}]