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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 ==== | ||
--> 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"?# | --> Is the lawsuit really "going away"?# | ||
- | Major news media proclaimed the suit was to be " | + | 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]] in federal court three days later, which included a counterclaim — essentially filing suit against CBS and Paramount. The counterclaim starts its own ticking clock under the court' | + | Things got more complicated when Axanar filed its [[answer|response to the lawsuit]] in federal court three days later, which included a counterclaim — essentially filing suit against CBS and Paramount, meaning CBS and Paramount can't unilaterally withdraw the suit until the counterclaim is dealt with or the suit is settled out of court. |
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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 by CBS and Paramount to have [[summary of the lawsuit|commercially exploited]] Star Trek copyrights for Axanar' | ||
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+ | Those activities are now expressly prohibited by the studios' | ||
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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' | === Axanar' | ||
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- | Axanar has published its own Frequently Asked Questions on its website. We've reproduced it on **AxaMonitor** | + | Axanar has published its own Frequently Asked Questions on its website. We' |
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