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-**AxaMonitor**'s [[axanar_guidelines|disclosure Friday]] that Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] had called together representatives from eight different fan productions to create a set of [[axanar_guidelines#proposed_guidelines|fan film guidelines]] appeared to have caused quite a stir in the community, with words like "leak" and "betrayal" bandied about.+**AxaMonitor**'s [[axanar_guidelines|disclosure May 27, 2016]], that Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] had called together representatives from eight different fan productions to create a set of [[axanar_guidelines#proposed_guidelines|fan film guidelines]] appeared to have caused quite a stir in the community, with words like "leak" and "betrayal" bandied about.
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 The questions many are asking are valid ones, given that the names of fan producers were disclosed, and this added to the controversy over Peters' efforts to negotiate a favorable settlement to the lawsuit against him. The questions many are asking are valid ones, given that the names of fan producers were disclosed, and this added to the controversy over Peters' efforts to negotiate a favorable settlement to the lawsuit against him.
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-//**__Discussions like these should be held out in the open by people with diverse perspectives, not in the shadows by eight people hand-picked by the subject of a lawsuit with a financial interests in its outcome.__**//+//**__Discussions like these should be held out in the open by people with diverse perspectives, not in the shadows by eight people hand-picked by the subject of a lawsuit with a financial interest in its outcome.__**//
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 "Why would you ever post anything from Alec without asking the productions themselves?" asked Justin Burton of the fan film, //The Lexington Adventures//. "Why would you ever post anything from Alec without asking the productions themselves?" asked Justin Burton of the fan film, //The Lexington Adventures//.
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 +I wasn't interested in naming names because their identities weren't central to the story; in fact, the first version of my article named no one involved. The point of the story was to note that the participation of other fan films might be construed as supporting Peters in his litigation against CBS and Paramount.
  
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 //**__It's clear that Alec Peters' and Axanar's interests diverge from the interests of other fan films.__**// //**__It's clear that Alec Peters' and Axanar's interests diverge from the interests of other fan films.__**//
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-I wasn't interested in naming names because their identities weren't central to the story; in fact, the first version of my article named no one involved. The point of the story was to note that the participation of other fan films might be construed as supporting Peters in his litigation against CBS and Paramount. 
  
 Ahead of my publication, I had asked Axanar's spokespeople for a comment from Peters. Rather, Peters went to a supportive blogger to publish his guidelines, along with the names of the participants, ostensibly in order to bolster his credibility. Unfortunately for Peters, his attempt [[guidelines_backlash|backfired]]. That made his revelations of the names newsworthy, so I published them. Ahead of my publication, I had asked Axanar's spokespeople for a comment from Peters. Rather, Peters went to a supportive blogger to publish his guidelines, along with the names of the participants, ostensibly in order to bolster his credibility. Unfortunately for Peters, his attempt [[guidelines_backlash|backfired]]. That made his revelations of the names newsworthy, so I published them.
  
-More importantly, however, I believe there is a larger public interest in discussing guidelines for fan productions.+To Axanar supporters, **AxaMonitor** ruined whatever chance fan films had to have their voices heard by CBS and Paramount — so long as the anointed messenger was Alec Peters. In reality, according to sources connected with CBS, the studio was already well aware of Peters' effort to rally the other productions behind him, and didn't think much of the effort or anyone who joined in it.
  
 +More importantly, however, I believe there is a larger public interest in discussing guidelines for fan productions.
 ===== The Public Interest ===== ===== The Public Interest =====
  
 The ramifications of whatever guidelines CBS or Paramount eventually impose of fan films will extend far beyond Star Trek. In the continuing absence of any case law regarding whether fan works fall under the fair use provisions of copyright law, these guidelines may be the only template any other copyright holder may use to justify how they deal with fan works. The ramifications of whatever guidelines CBS or Paramount eventually impose of fan films will extend far beyond Star Trek. In the continuing absence of any case law regarding whether fan works fall under the fair use provisions of copyright law, these guidelines may be the only template any other copyright holder may use to justify how they deal with fan works.
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 +"CBS’s fan film guidelines, whatever shape they take, are going to have far-reaching effects, beyond both the fan film community as well as the Star Trek fandom," said [[twit>ShannaGilkeson|Shanna Gilkeson]], a Bowling Green State University Ph.D. student in media and communications studying fandom, in an interview with AxaMonitor.
  
 [{{ ::shanna.jpg?150|**PH.D. STUDENT** Shanna Gilkeson points out the effects of CBS' guidelines may extend far beyond just Star Trek fan films.}}] [{{ ::shanna.jpg?150|**PH.D. STUDENT** Shanna Gilkeson points out the effects of CBS' guidelines may extend far beyond just Star Trek fan films.}}]
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-"CBS’s fan film guidelines, whatever shape they take, are going to have far-reaching effects, beyond both the fan film community as well as the Star Trek fandom," said Shanna Gilkeson, a Ph.D. candidate in media and communications studying fandom at Bowling Green State University, in an interview with AxaMonitor.+
  
 "CBS is well aware that other forms of participatory fandom exist, such as fan fiction and fan art, all of which have been tolerated along with fan films until now," she said. "The guidelines they design will likely include language that extends to fan fiction, fan art, and other types of fan production." She added: "CBS is well aware that other forms of participatory fandom exist, such as fan fiction and fan art, all of which have been tolerated along with fan films until now," she said. "The guidelines they design will likely include language that extends to fan fiction, fan art, and other types of fan production." She added:
  
 > In the unlikely event that the language of the guidelines only applies to fan films, they still set a precedent for dealing with fan works and can be used as a template for regulating all forms of Star Trek fan production. > In the unlikely event that the language of the guidelines only applies to fan films, they still set a precedent for dealing with fan works and can be used as a template for regulating all forms of Star Trek fan production.
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 +==== Beyond Star Trek ====
  
 Gilkeson further points out that such issues aren’t limited to just CBS and Star Trek: Gilkeson further points out that such issues aren’t limited to just CBS and Star Trek:
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 > Other fandoms have occasionally tangled with their IP owners in the past — Lucasfilm targeted fanzines in the 80s, and within the last decade Warner Brothers tried to shut down a Harry Potter fan site run by a 15-year-old girl. In both these cases and others, IP owners have eventually backed down for various reasons. In some cases, they decided that legal costs outweighed the “damage” they perceived from the fan works. In others, IP owners were aware that taking action against a fan would appear disproportionately heavy-handed in a climate where fan productions are generally tolerated. In any case, CBS’s guidelines also set a precedent for other IP owners, as they will now have a template for dealing with their own fandoms. > Other fandoms have occasionally tangled with their IP owners in the past — Lucasfilm targeted fanzines in the 80s, and within the last decade Warner Brothers tried to shut down a Harry Potter fan site run by a 15-year-old girl. In both these cases and others, IP owners have eventually backed down for various reasons. In some cases, they decided that legal costs outweighed the “damage” they perceived from the fan works. In others, IP owners were aware that taking action against a fan would appear disproportionately heavy-handed in a climate where fan productions are generally tolerated. In any case, CBS’s guidelines also set a precedent for other IP owners, as they will now have a template for dealing with their own fandoms.
  
-Consequently, I believed discussions like these should be held out in the open by people with diverse interests and perspectives. They should not be discussed in the shadows of a private Facebook chat by eight people hand-picked by the subject of a major copyright infringement suit who has a vested financial interest in the public perception of the outcome of litigation. The guidelines deserve to be discussed in the light of day.+==== Open Forums ==== 
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 +Consequently, I believed discussions like these should be held out in the open by people with diverse interests and perspectives. They should not be discussed in the shadows of a private Facebook chat by eight people hand-picked by the subject of a major copyright infringement suit who has a vested financial interest in the public perception of the outcome of litigation. The guidelines deserve to be discussed in the light of day. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} 
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