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-//**__‘Just from looking at the [AxaMonitor] front page, there is a definite view against Axanar and prejudice shown.’__**// //— Critic's post on Facebook//+//**__‘Just from looking at the front page, there is a definite view against Axanar and prejudice shown.’__**// //— Critic's post on Facebook//
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 **THEY DON'T SEE** this lawsuit as an attack on copyright infringement, or even on producer [[Alec Peters]] and his  company, [[Axanar Productions]], except as an effort to prevent production of a [[http://www.inquisitr.com/2675446/star-trek-axanar-and-star-trek-beyond-can-they-coexist/#aVg68LR4x9R7jtG1.99|competing]] — and better — vision of Star Trek. These fans see the lawsuit as an attack on fans themselves. Real fans of Star Trek, true fans, who believe Star Trek has devolved from the optimistic vision of Gene Roddenberry into the mere lens-flared action sequences of J.J. Abrams. This is certainly the [[lawsuit#axanar's public reaction|narrative]] Peters has been weaving since the suit was filed in December. **THEY DON'T SEE** this lawsuit as an attack on copyright infringement, or even on producer [[Alec Peters]] and his  company, [[Axanar Productions]], except as an effort to prevent production of a [[http://www.inquisitr.com/2675446/star-trek-axanar-and-star-trek-beyond-can-they-coexist/#aVg68LR4x9R7jtG1.99|competing]] — and better — vision of Star Trek. These fans see the lawsuit as an attack on fans themselves. Real fans of Star Trek, true fans, who believe Star Trek has devolved from the optimistic vision of Gene Roddenberry into the mere lens-flared action sequences of J.J. Abrams. This is certainly the [[lawsuit#axanar's public reaction|narrative]] Peters has been weaving since the suit was filed in December.
  
-I was accused the other day on Twitter by //Axanar// director [[Robert Meyer Burnett]] of being "[[twit>BurnettRM/status/707606968941158400|meticulously biased]]" in my coverage of the lawsuit. I take feedback like that pretty seriously, and I asked him to point it out to me, since every article on this site has citations to back up what's presented. He declined, changing the subject to a new claim from the Axanar folks that the studio they've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to construct in their leased warehouse was, in fact, //not// a studio.(([[twit>BurnettRM/status/707693784314695680|Twitter, @BurnettRM]], 3/9/16.)) Huh? Well, that's [[warehouse|another story]] I'll get to later.+I was accused the other day on Twitter by //Axanar// director [[Robert Meyer Burnett]] of being "[[twit>BurnettRM/status/707606968941158400|meticulously biased]]" in my coverage of the lawsuit. I take feedback like that pretty seriously, and I asked him to point it out to me, since every article on this site has citations to back up what's presented. He declined, changing the subject to a new claim from the Axanar folks that the studio they've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to construct in their leased warehouse was, in fact, //not// a studio.(([[twit>BurnettRM/status/707693784314695680|Twitter, @BurnettRM]], 3/9/16.)) Huh? Well, that's [[investor group|another story]] I'll get to later.
  
 **YESTERDAY ON** Facebook, another person criticized the negative slant of the news and commentary items posted each day on the **AxaMonitor** [[start|home page]]: **YESTERDAY ON** Facebook, another person criticized the negative slant of the news and commentary items posted each day on the **AxaMonitor** [[start|home page]]:
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-With regard to the third example, I'm willing to plead slightly guilty to [[wp>Godwin's Law]] with the defense that unlike most invocations of Naziism, my historical reference was not to typical wrongs committed by Hitler and his cronies to their enemies //but to their own supporters//, which is what my article is about — how Axanar was booting out people who actually support the project but who had the temerity to ask questions about how it was being managed, or even more alarmingly, were simply members of groups Peters did not approve of. Some had never posted anything negative about Axanar but had their names appear on the "wrong" group list. +With regard to the third example, I'm willing to plead slightly guilty to [[wp>Godwin's Law]] with the defense that unlike most invocations of Naziism, my historical reference was not to point to the kind of wrongs typically committed about by Hitler and his cronies to their enemies //but to their own supporters//, which is what my article is about — how Axanar was booting out people who actually support the project but who had the temerity to ask questions about how it was being managed, or even more alarmingly, were simply members of groups Peters did not approve of. Some had never posted anything negative about Axanar but had their names appear on the "wrong" group list. 
  
 Also, I will admit that the historian in me was curious how many people would actually get the reference. Most Godwin's Lawbreakers go right to the explicit "you're just like the Nazis!" place. I think my reference was more nuanced; to the extent that my title is an explicit reference to a Nazi historical event, I will admit that's so, but it was apt, and I suspect it sailed past most readers. Also, I will admit that the historian in me was curious how many people would actually get the reference. Most Godwin's Lawbreakers go right to the explicit "you're just like the Nazis!" place. I think my reference was more nuanced; to the extent that my title is an explicit reference to a Nazi historical event, I will admit that's so, but it was apt, and I suspect it sailed past most readers.
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-Finally, I will add that what bias I do have is stated upfront: **AxaMonitor** is intended to show what's at stake in this case; and the stakes are high, both for the individuals named (and yet to be named) in the suit, and for copyright holders battling for what the Constitution guarantees them — control over their own intellectual property.+Finally, I will add that what bias I do have is stated up front: **AxaMonitor** is intended to show what's at stake in this case; and the stakes are high, both for the individuals named (and yet to be named) in the suit, and for copyright holders battling for what the Constitution and federal law offers them — exclusive control over their own intellectual property.
  
 My other bias is for fan films in general — fan productions are how I got started in my career. This case definitely poses a threat to continued fan productions and so I do look for and spotlight news and commentary that address issues that could hurt fan films. My other bias is for fan films in general — fan productions are how I got started in my career. This case definitely poses a threat to continued fan productions and so I do look for and spotlight news and commentary that address issues that could hurt fan films.
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 I speak regularly to Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden, and I have encouraged him to point out for me any unfair or inaccurate content on the site. He told me he is confident I would give any of his feedback a fair hearing.((Email from Mike Bawden to Carlos Pedraza, 3/6/16.)) I speak regularly to Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden, and I have encouraged him to point out for me any unfair or inaccurate content on the site. He told me he is confident I would give any of his feedback a fair hearing.((Email from Mike Bawden to Carlos Pedraza, 3/6/16.))
  
-In conclusion, I'd urge Axanar supporters to consider where their own biases may lie. There's nothing wrong with having them, of course, as long as we're willing to set them aside when confronted by actual facts. And I'd add that I am clear that the purpose of AxaMonitor is to provide scrutiny to a production that explicitly invited it; scrutiny feels a lot like bias when you're the object of the scrutiny.+In conclusion, I'd urge Axanar supporters to consider where their own biases may lie. There's nothing wrong with having them, of course, as long as we're willing to set them aside when confronted by actual facts. And I'd add that I am clear that the purpose of AxaMonitor is to provide scrutiny to a production that explicitly invited it; scrutiny can feel a lot like bias when you're the object of the scrutiny. 
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 +Thanks for your consideration. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
  
-Thanks for your consideration.+---- 
 +**Keywords** {{tag>about news analysis opinion}}