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====== Frequently Asked Questions ====== | ====== Frequently Asked Questions ====== | ||
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Here are the most **frequently asked questions** asked about the Axanar [[copyright infringement|copyright]] [[lawsuit]], | Here are the most **frequently asked questions** asked about the Axanar [[copyright infringement|copyright]] [[lawsuit]], | ||
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==== Lawsuit ==== | ==== Lawsuit ==== | ||
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--> Why is Axanar getting sued?# | --> Why is Axanar getting sued?# | ||
- | Basically, CBS and Paramount allege Axanar is illegally using their Star Trek copyrights for their own direct financial benefit. | + | Basically, CBS and Paramount allege Axanar is illegally using their Star Trek copyrights for their own direct financial benefit. |
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+ | --> Is the lawsuit really "going away"?# | ||
+ | Major news media proclaimed the suit was to be " | ||
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+ | Things got more complicated when Axanar filed its [[answer|response to the lawsuit]] | ||
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--> Why are CBS and Paramount suing Axanar and not other fan films?# | --> Why are CBS and Paramount suing Axanar and not other fan films?# | ||
- | This is a difficult question to answer because none of the other productions are parties to this or any other copyright suit brought by CBS and Paramount. The only avenue of inquiry currently available are the reasons outlined in the lawsuit | + | Because of the lawsuit, on April 20, 2016, CBS advised the producer of the sequel to //Star Trek–Horizon// |
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+ | None of the other productions are parties to this or any other copyright suit brought by CBS and Paramount. The only avenue of inquiry currently available are the reasons outlined in just the Axanar | ||
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If you accept Axanar supporters' | If you accept Axanar supporters' | ||
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- | Of the seven causes of action, only two arguably are unique to Axanar: That "the <wrap hi> | + | Of the suit' |
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Those two causes have in common one thing: commercial exploitation of Star Trek's copyrights that have generated more than $1 million for Axanar — the most money raised by any fan production. | Those two causes have in common one thing: commercial exploitation of Star Trek's copyrights that have generated more than $1 million for Axanar — the most money raised by any fan production. | ||
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--> Who are the 20 unnamed defendants?# | --> Who are the 20 unnamed defendants?# | ||
- | We don't know yet, but we may [[scheduling_conference|soon]]. | + | We know that some of // |
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--> Why won't Star Trek allow fan films the way Star Wars does?# | --> Why won't Star Trek allow fan films the way Star Wars does?# | ||
- | Apart from a formal contest with highly restrictive rules (including a five-minute time limit and limited use of pre-authorized sound effects),(([[http:// | + | With the release by CBS and Paramount |
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- | --> | + | --> |
- | Clear rules could actually cause legal problems for CBS, which, | + | Following J.J. Abrams' |
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- | Writing in Plagiarism Today, Jonathan Bailey says the simple solution would seem to be "rigid rules for fan creations, to basically create | + | Despite Peters' |
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+ | --> Why hadn't CBS previously given fan films clear rules about what they could and couldn' | ||
+ | CBS and Paramount, like many copyright holders, was reluctant | ||
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+ | Plagiarism Today writer Jonathan Bailey points out that " | ||
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--> Don't other fan films pay people, too?# | --> Don't other fan films pay people, too?# | ||
- | Fan films are largely run by volunteers. | + | Fan films have been largely run by volunteers. |
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+ | Under new fan [[cbs_guidelines|production guidelines]] imposed by CBS and Paramount, all participants must be unpaid amateurs and no professionals who have been employed by CBS and related companies can be involved, including Star Trek actors. | ||
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--> Why is paying producers such a bad thing?# | --> Why is paying producers such a bad thing?# | ||
- | Copyright | + | Until Axanar, copyright |
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+ | The new fan [[cbs_guidelines|production guidelines]] now explicitly prohibit paying any participants in a fan film, as well as selling any physical merchandise (even as perks for crowdfunding campaigns). | ||
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--> Axanar says they' | --> Axanar says they' | ||
- | [[Axanar Productions]], | + | At the time of its crowdfunding effort, and the entirety of the copyright lawsuit against it, [[Axanar Productions]], |
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+ | While its Star Trek films //Prelude to Axanar// and //Axanar// will have been made available for free, Axanar Productions is alleged by CBS and Paramount to have [[summary of the lawsuit|commercially exploited]] Star Trek copyrights for Axanar' | ||
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- | While its Star Trek films //Prelude to Axanar// and //Axanar// will have been made available for free, Axanar Productions is alleged | + | Those activities are now expressly prohibited |
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Yes. According to the spending report in the Axanar Annual Report 2015, Revised, [[Alec Peters]] and other Axanar Productions staff were paid salaries. Peters' | Yes. According to the spending report in the Axanar Annual Report 2015, Revised, [[Alec Peters]] and other Axanar Productions staff were paid salaries. Peters' | ||
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- | All told, Axanar paid out $118,428.88 in salaries from the money raised in its [[Axanar Kickstarter Details|second Kickstarter]] campaign.(({{: | + | All told, Axanar paid out $118,428.88 in salaries from the money raised in its [[Axanar Kickstarter Details|second Kickstarter]] campaign.(({{: |
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+ | Under the new fan [[cbs_guidelines|production guidelines]], | ||
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--> Is actor Tony Todd still in ' | --> Is actor Tony Todd still in ' | ||
- | No. He left the project in September 2015 but the production didn't acknowledge this until December. In a [[tony todd|series of tweets]], | + | No. He left the project in September 2015 but the production didn't acknowledge this until December. In a [[tony todd|series of tweets]], |
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+ | === Axanar' | ||
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+ | Axanar has published its own Frequently Asked Questions on its website. We've [[axanar_website_faq|reproduced it]] on **AxaMonitor**. | ||
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- | **Keywords** {{tag>stub crowdfunding commercial lawsuit copyright}} | + | **Keywords** {{tag> |