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 === Commercial Enterprise === === Commercial Enterprise ===
  
-Other fan films had raised six-figure amounts before Axanar did (unlike Axanar, though, none in the seven-figure range), without legal action by the studios that own Star Trek. What Peters did went far beyond merely raising a lot of money to produce a film. He used Star Trek to raise money to build out a soundstage, laying the foundation for an ongoing [[industry_studios|commercial enterprise]] far beyond //Axanar//.+Other fan films had raised six-figure amounts before Axanar did (unlike Axanar, though, none in the seven-figure range), without legal action by the studios that own Star Trek. What Peters did went far beyond merely raising a lot of money to produce a film. He used Star Trek to raise money to build out a soundstage, laying the foundation for an ongoing [[industry_studios|commercial enterprise]] with //Axanar// at the center.
  
 [{{ :donor-store.jpg?nolink&350|**DONOR STORE** Axanar established a full-fledged e-commerce site to sell Star Trek-based merchandise to its fans — once they made a $10 "donation" to gain entry.}}] [{{ :donor-store.jpg?nolink&350|**DONOR STORE** Axanar established a full-fledged e-commerce site to sell Star Trek-based merchandise to its fans — once they made a $10 "donation" to gain entry.}}]
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 === Early Warning === === Early Warning ===
  
-In a warning [[the_wrap|four months]] before it filed suit, [[CBS]] publicly "object[ed] to professional commercial ventures trading off our property rights."(([[http://www.thewrap.com/how-1-1-million-star-trek-fan-movie-has-escaped-studio-shutdown-so-far/|The Wrap: How $1.1 Million ‘Star Trek’ Fan Movie Has Escaped Studio Shutdown (So Far)]], 8/25/15.))+In a warning [[the_wrap|four months]] before it filed suit, [[CBS]] publicly "object[ed] to professional commercial ventures trading off our property rights"(([[http://www.thewrap.com/how-1-1-million-star-trek-fan-movie-has-escaped-studio-shutdown-so-far/|The Wrap: How $1.1 Million ‘Star Trek’ Fan Movie Has Escaped Studio Shutdown (So Far)]], 8/25/15.)) — a warning at which Peters [[i09_wrong#trading_off_our_property_rights|publicly scoffed]] less than a month later.
  
 Peters' commercial ventures went beyond just the soundstage. He also set up a full-fledged online store selling Axanar [[merchandise]], using its Star Trek provenance to market a full line of products, raising money that remains unaccounted for even now. Peters' commercial ventures went beyond just the soundstage. He also set up a full-fledged online store selling Axanar [[merchandise]], using its Star Trek provenance to market a full line of products, raising money that remains unaccounted for even now.
  
 Axanar's 2015 [[annual report]] outlined extensive plans to expand its revenue streams as it moved into the future, a business at the heart of which was intellectual property Alec Peters did not own. Axanar's 2015 [[annual report]] outlined extensive plans to expand its revenue streams as it moved into the future, a business at the heart of which was intellectual property Alec Peters did not own.
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 ==== What I Have Criticized ==== ==== What I Have Criticized ====