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 <wrap lo>CBS brings a halt to the crowdfunding effort for the //Star Trek – Horizon// sequel, //Federation Rising//. Does this signal the end of fan films?</wrap> <wrap lo>CBS brings a halt to the crowdfunding effort for the //Star Trek – Horizon// sequel, //Federation Rising//. Does this signal the end of fan films?</wrap>
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 <wrap lo>By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]] \\ <wrap lo>By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]] \\
 **AxaMonitor** editor \\ **AxaMonitor** editor \\
-Special to TrekMovie.com \\+[[http://trekmovie.com/2016/04/21/federation-falling-cbs-brings-a-halt-to-crowdfunding-of-the-star-trek-horizon-sequel-does-this-signal-the-end-of-fan-films/|Special to TrekMovie.com]] \\
 April 21, 2016</wrap> April 21, 2016</wrap>
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-**THE AXANAR** copyright lawsuit has just claimed its first casualty: Not //Axanar// itself (yet), but the sequel to the recently released — and well-received — //Star Trek – Horizon//. And possibly all other fan films.+**THE AXANAR** copyright lawsuit has just claimed its first casualty: Not //Axanar// itself (yet), but the sequel to the recently released — and well-received — //[[http://www.startrekhorizon.com|Star Trek – Horizon]]//. And possibly all other fan films? 
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 +<wrap lo>//See also: [[tommy_kraft|Axanar, Crowdfunding Behind New CBS Moves Against Fan Films, Says 'Horizon' Creator]]//</wrap>
  
 The Horizon sequel, //Federation Rising//, was due to begin a crowdfunding campaign on Saturday, April 23, but a call from CBS to creator Tommy Kraft has ended that. And it appears to be Axanar's fault. The Horizon sequel, //Federation Rising//, was due to begin a crowdfunding campaign on Saturday, April 23, but a call from CBS to creator Tommy Kraft has ended that. And it appears to be Axanar's fault.
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 > Executives from CBS reached out to me and advised me that <wrap hi>their legal team strongly suggested that we do not move forward</wrap> with plans to create a sequel to Horizon. While this is a sign of the current climate that we find ourselves in with Star Trek fan films, I want to personally thank CBS for reaching out to me, rather than including us in their ongoing lawsuit against Axanar.(([[face>sthorizon/photos/a.637180853011186.1073741830.621183004610971/1113631538699446/?type=1|Star Trek – Horizon Facebook page]], post by Tommy Kraft, 4/20/16.)) > Executives from CBS reached out to me and advised me that <wrap hi>their legal team strongly suggested that we do not move forward</wrap> with plans to create a sequel to Horizon. While this is a sign of the current climate that we find ourselves in with Star Trek fan films, I want to personally thank CBS for reaching out to me, rather than including us in their ongoing lawsuit against Axanar.(([[face>sthorizon/photos/a.637180853011186.1073741830.621183004610971/1113631538699446/?type=1|Star Trek – Horizon Facebook page]], post by Tommy Kraft, 4/20/16.))
  
-[{{ ::tommy-kraft.jpg?250|**TOMMY KRAFT** on the set of his first fan film, the well-received //Star Trek–Horizon//.}}]+[{{ ::tommy-kraft.jpg?300|**TOMMY KRAFT** on the set of his first fan film, the well-received //Star Trek–Horizon//.}}]
  
 At the heart of that [[lawsuit]], of course, are the Star Trek copyrights owned by [[cbs|CBS Studios]] and [[Paramount Pictures]], under dispute while the studios litigate against [[Axanar Productions]] and its owner, [[Alec Peters]]. At the heart of that [[lawsuit]], of course, are the Star Trek copyrights owned by [[cbs|CBS Studios]] and [[Paramount Pictures]], under dispute while the studios litigate against [[Axanar Productions]] and its owner, [[Alec Peters]].
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 > The problem with [other] Star Trek fan films is they’re trying to recreate Star Trek. As good as their productions might be … you’re still watching actors that aren’t Kirk, Spock and McCoy. While they painstakingly recreate the bridge or the props and everything, you know you’re not watching real Star Trek.(([[http://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=43514532|Blind Panels podcast]], “Episode 22: Star Trek Axanar - Robert Burnett, Part II, 4/1/16.)) > The problem with [other] Star Trek fan films is they’re trying to recreate Star Trek. As good as their productions might be … you’re still watching actors that aren’t Kirk, Spock and McCoy. While they painstakingly recreate the bridge or the props and everything, you know you’re not watching real Star Trek.(([[http://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=43514532|Blind Panels podcast]], “Episode 22: Star Trek Axanar - Robert Burnett, Part II, 4/1/16.))
  
-The more unique Axanar seems, the more reasonable a lawsuit against the production might seem. The more alike it is with other fan films, the more they're all threatened by the outcome of the case. This move by CBS seems to move in the direction of the latter — except the timing of CBS' intervention with Kraft's production may be significant.+The more unique Axanar seems, the more reasonable a lawsuit against it might seem. The more alike to other fan films, the more they're all threatened by the outcome of the case. This move by CBS seems to move in the direction of the latter — except the timing of CBS' intervention with Kraft's production may be significant.
  
 ==== Parsing CBS' Goals ==== ==== Parsing CBS' Goals ====
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 **'The message felt more like a heads up before we got too involved in another project'** \\ **'The message felt more like a heads up before we got too involved in another project'** \\
 Kraft was literally a couple days away from beginning the Kickstarter campaign for //Federation Rising//. If CBS' objective was truly to shut down all fan films, why not simply C&D all of them? No. They chose one, the one about to embark on a quarter-million-dollar crowdfunding effort, and they asked — they suggested — he stop. Kraft was literally a couple days away from beginning the Kickstarter campaign for //Federation Rising//. If CBS' objective was truly to shut down all fan films, why not simply C&D all of them? No. They chose one, the one about to embark on a quarter-million-dollar crowdfunding effort, and they asked — they suggested — he stop.
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 +//**__‘We’re not likely to see many rightsholders laying down hard rules … and that is going to create a great deal more fan-creator conflicts in the near future. ’__**// — //Jonathan Bailey, Plagiarism Today//
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 **Everyone infringes** \\ **Everyone infringes** \\
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 So what new restrictions may lie within Bailey's "specific areas" that may overlap with Tomazic's new "strict parameters"? So what new restrictions may lie within Bailey's "specific areas" that may overlap with Tomazic's new "strict parameters"?
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 +//**__‘This action, if it is indeed the studios’ goal, resets fan films to a simpler time. ’__**//
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 **The End of Crowdfunding** \\ **The End of Crowdfunding** \\
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 This action, if it is indeed the studios' goal, resets fan films to a simpler time, when costs prohibited them from threatening Star Trek's copyrights in any meaningful way that can't be handled with C&Ds. Axanar's fundraising success had put it in a new category: A fan film with lots of cash on hand. No C&D could, by itself, deal with the reality of that money. A lawsuit provided the only instrument to address the hundreds of thousands of dollars Axanar still had on hand while its film continued to be postponed, as well as the way hundreds of thousands more had already been spent as seed funding for the company's commercial ventures. This action, if it is indeed the studios' goal, resets fan films to a simpler time, when costs prohibited them from threatening Star Trek's copyrights in any meaningful way that can't be handled with C&Ds. Axanar's fundraising success had put it in a new category: A fan film with lots of cash on hand. No C&D could, by itself, deal with the reality of that money. A lawsuit provided the only instrument to address the hundreds of thousands of dollars Axanar still had on hand while its film continued to be postponed, as well as the way hundreds of thousands more had already been spent as seed funding for the company's commercial ventures.
  
-Where do other fan films go from here? Their territory remains uncharted.+Where do other fan films go from here? That territory remains uncharted. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
  
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 **Keywords** {{tag>analysis commentary fan_films}} **Keywords** {{tag>analysis commentary fan_films}}