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fan_films_breaking_the_unwritten_rules_and_defining_profit [2016/09/10 20:04] – [Profiting from a Fan Film?] Carlos Pedrazafan_films_breaking_the_unwritten_rules_and_defining_profit [2016/09/10 20:04] – [Axanar's Red Flags] Carlos Pedraza
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 On what "profit" looks like for Axanar: On what "profit" looks like for Axanar:
  
-> [Peters] announced that he was building out a studio “for the production of Axanar,” but also said he wanted to use it to make other films in the future. <wrap hi>This plan added to the feeling among fans that Axanar was using another’s copyrighted work for their own profit.</wrap> The admissions by Peters, along with a [[annual report|financial report]] sent out to donors that was said to have numerous red flags indicating that he and his girlfriend may have drawn salaries from donated funds, was evidently the last straw for Paramount and CBS. <wrap lo>[emphasis added]</wrap>(([[http://met-iplaw.com/met-iplaw2012/?p=185|Intellectual Property Law blog, 2/11/16]]))+> [Peters] announced that he was building out a studio “for the production of Axanar,” but also said he wanted to use it to make other films in the future. <wrap hi>This plan added to the feeling among fans that Axanar was using another’s copyrighted work for their own profit.</wrap> The admissions by Peters, along with a [[annual report|financial report]] sent out to donors that was said to have numerous red flags indicating that he and his girlfriend may have drawn salaries from donated funds, was evidently the last straw for Paramount and CBS. <wrap lo>[//emphasis added//]</wrap>(([[http://met-iplaw.com/met-iplaw2012/?p=185|Intellectual Property Law blog, 2/11/16]]))
  
 Peters and others did draw salaries from their crowdfunding proceeds, according to Axanar's own [[annual report]]. Peters paid himself $38,000 plus more than $3,000 for his dues to the actors' union, SAG-AFTRA.((Axanar Annual Report 2015, Revised, p. 10, ({{::axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|download here}}).)) Peters and others did draw salaries from their crowdfunding proceeds, according to Axanar's own [[annual report]]. Peters paid himself $38,000 plus more than $3,000 for his dues to the actors' union, SAG-AFTRA.((Axanar Annual Report 2015, Revised, p. 10, ({{::axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|download here}}).))