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+ | ====== Discovery-Axanar Speculation Fuels Spurious Debate ====== | ||
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+ | **AxaMonitor** editor \\ | ||
+ | August 25, 2016</ | ||
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+ | **BLOGGER AND NOVELIST** Jeremy Varner wasn't prepared for the intense response his speculation, | ||
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+ | Varner' | ||
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+ | ===== Eureka! ' | ||
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+ | In his August piece, Varner wrote, "Bryan Fuller started talking about what [// | ||
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+ | > The problem, really, is that there are very few events that happened between // | ||
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+ | ==== Evidence to the Contrary ==== | ||
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+ | **NEVER MIND** Fuller' | ||
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+ | //**__« Despite Varner' | ||
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+ | Isn't it ridiculous to claim that in // | ||
+ | ==== Theory: ' | ||
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+ | Then one had to factor in the high quality of the short film, //Prelude to Axanar//, into the equation, which Varner described as an " | ||
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+ | > That, there, was the final nail in the coffin. With the subject matters seeming to be so damn close, CBS couldn’t really afford to be outdone by a fan production.(([[http:// | ||
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+ | This is a new variant of the " | ||
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+ | A neat theory, except it ignores these facts: | ||
+ | * Bryan Fuller was hired to develop what we now know as // | ||
+ | * The leading lights of the crew behind // | ||
+ | * While CBS had announced in November 2015 its plans for a new Star Trek TV series, and then sued Axanar in December, it had signaled potential legal action months before that, back in August, when it made this statement to The Wrap about Axanar: | ||
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+ | > CBS has not authorized, sanctioned or licensed this project in any way, and this has been communicated to those involved. We continue to object to <wrap hi> | ||
+ | ===== Betting on Whose Talent? ===== | ||
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+ | **CREDIBLE THREAT?** As for CBS being threatened by the leftover talent still behind //Axanar//, let's put it this way: I'd put my money on the talent assembled by Bryan Fuller and [[imdb> | ||
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+ | Meyer, hired as a writer and producer for // | ||
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+ | ===== Ignoring Axanar' | ||
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+ | Varner blithely lumped Axanar in with other fan productions ("… so long as they aren’t making a profit and aren’t doing something that negatively impacts [the original] work" | ||
+ | * Established Axanar Productions as a for-profit corporation in California. Look it up [[http:// | ||
+ | * Used donor funds to build out a [[moving_the_goalposts|studio for commercial use]] beyond // | ||
+ | * Set up ongoing revenue streams through his "Donor Store," | ||
+ | * [[annual_report# | ||
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+ | Suing someone who's trying to make millions off your intellectual property strikes me as a more plausible reason to take them to court than doing so because you're " | ||
+ | ===== The Legality of Fan Works ===== | ||
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+ | In a follow-up post, " | ||
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+ | Also, Varner ignores the extent of Axanar' | ||
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+ | //**__« I’d put my money on the talent assembled by Bryan Fuller and Nicholas Meyer any day of the week ahead of Alec Peters and Robert Meyer Burnett. »__**// | ||
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+ | ==== Labyrinthine Copyright ==== | ||
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+ | **VARNER' | ||
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+ | Never mind that the Disney case wasn't a case. It was a C&D, and never went to court, so its outcome isn't dispositive about copyright. Never mind that it was more likely a trademark and licensing enforcement issue than a copyright one.(([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Grasping for Relevance ===== | ||
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+ | Despite Varner' | ||
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