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 +====== New Court Filing Coming, Axanar Surrogate Says ======
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 +**//Also, Peters Seeks to Smooth Kickstarter, Indiegogo Donors' Ruffled Feathers//**
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 +//**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]]**</wrap>
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 +Defense attorneys planned to file a supplemental motion supporting claims in their [[compel_discovery|motion to compel]] [[CBS]] and [[paramount pictures|Paramount]] to produce 50 years worth of Star Trek records, including communications between the studios and director J.J. Abrams.
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 +That's according to the blog, Fan Film Factor, written by Axanar supporter Jonathan Lane, whose website had often been used by Axanar as an unofficial conduit for producer [[Alec Peters]]' Axanar news and views. 
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 +In the meantime, Peters sought to soothe donors' ruffled feathers in the comment and update sections of the film's pages on the crowdfunding sites, [[axanar_kickstarter_details|Kickstarter]] and [[axanar_indiegogo_details|Indiegogo]], with developments in the lawsuit and upcoming [[new_ares_digital|perk shipments]] to long-waiting backers.
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 +[{{ ::jonathan-lane.jpg?300|//Photo/reason.tv//}}]
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 +===== Supplemental Motion =====
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 +On October 5, 2016, Lane's blog, [[http://fff.trekbloggers.com/2016/10/04/axanar-lawsuit-discovery-phase-heats-up-part-1/|Fan Film Factor]], published a two-part story about the defense effort to get the court to force CBS and Paramount to comply with their [[discovery]] demands. In their response to the motion, the plaintiffs' attorneys stated Axanar's attorneys from [[Winston & Strawn]] had refused to meet to resolve discovery concerns, instead opting to complain to the court.
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 +Lane reported, without attribution, that Axanar's attorneys planned to refute that claim:
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 +> Apparently, we will learn in a five-page supplemental brief still to be filed by the defense that the two sides actually did meet and conferred about the substance of the discovery requests at issue on multiple occasions.  But I can’t comment further until after that brief is filed.(([[http://fff.trekbloggers.com/2016/10/05/axanar-lawsuit-discovery-phase-heats-up-part-2/|Jonathan Lane, "Axanar lawsuit discovery phase heats up! (Part 2)"]], Fan Film Factor, 10/5/16.))
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 +Both sides have the opportunity to file supplemental motions following up on the original motion.
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 +//**__« AxaMonitor is run by a stalker and hater of Axanar. Lies and biased bullshit basically. »__**// — //Alec Peters, Axanar producer//
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 +===== Unofficial News Source =====
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 +Lane's Fan Film Factor has become the place through which Axanar releases information or provides exclusive interviews. Lane is an ardent Axanar supporter whose fan film blog started as a weekly column on the Axanar website. His columns still appear on the site but he established the more comprehensive blog at the trekbloggers.com domain, which was registered by Axanar's official spokesman, Mike Bawden. Peters described the usefulness of Lane's blog during the lawsuit like this:
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 +> We really can't talk much about the lawsuit as we are in discovery and Erin Ranahan, our amazing lawyer, has advised us not to talk! Check [Fan Film Factor] out and return regularly to get the insight we can't give you!(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/posts/1699282|Star Trek Axanar project update #89, Kickstarter.com]], 10/4/16.))
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 +==== Inside Scoop ====
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 +In updates emailed to Axanar's [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/posts/1699282|Kickstarter]] and Indiegogo supporters, Peters described Fan Film Factor as the "one location you can get the inside scoop on the Axanar lawsuit" — proven true, apparently, by the exclusive notice of the defense's pending supplemental motion — "the only legitimate news source on the Axanar lawsuit online," claiming Lane's coverage was "unbiased and knowledgeable."
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 +[{{ :ranahan_3.32.06_am.jpg|**EXCLUSIVE** Fan Film Factor often gains exclusive access to information and personnel associated with Axanar and its copyright infringement lawsuit, like defense attorney Erin Ranahan of Winston & Strawn.}}]
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 +=== 'Lies and Biased Bullshit' ===
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 +By contrast, Vincent Wong, identified by Kickstarter as a "superbacker" and a backer of Axanar's campaign, told Peters:
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 +> "AxaMonitor is the only source of truth for this project.(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/posts/1699282?cursor=14580749#comment-14580748|Vincent Wong comment, Star Trek Axanar project, Kickstarter]], 10/5/16.))
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 +Backer James Gwinnell said, "AxaMonitor is the balanced news source."(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/posts/1699282?cursor=14575099#comment-14575098|James Gwinnell comment, Star Trek Axanar project, Kickstarter]], 10/5/16.))
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 +Peters replied: "AxaMonitor is run by a stalker and hater of Axanar. Lies and biased bullshit basically."(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/posts/1699282?cursor=14576129#comment-14576128|Axanar Productions comment, Star Trek Axanar project, Kickstarter]], 10/5/16.))
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 +Another backer, Glen Hine, challenged Peters to back up his claims:
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 +> AxaMonitor is a resource tool providing references with the information provided to understanding the current lawsuit. If you say that it lies, by a stalker and a hater, would you be able to show, and not say, the proof to your claim, please?(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/posts/1699282?cursor=14577131#comment-14577130|Glen Hine comment, Star Trek Axanar project, Kickstarter]], 10/5/16.))
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 +Peters posted no reply. Instead, he followed up with another update featuring a link to another Fan Film Factor blog post on the lawsuit, saying:
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 +> If you want to know what is going on with the Axanar lawsuit, then Fan Film Factor is your only real option.  Jonathan spends a great deal of time researching every article and consults with multiple lawyers and legal experts before posting. You get actual legal thought, not some fan's armchair lawyering.(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/posts/1700319|Axanar Productions, Update #90, Star Trek Axanar project, Kickstarter]], 10/5/16.))
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 +However, the legal conclusions in Lane's blog posts carry virtually no attribution to lawyers or legal experts, while AxaMonitor's articles are heavily footnoted.
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 +[{{ :small-access-letters.jpg?300|**COORDINATED CAMPAIGN** Blogger Jonathan Lane led the effort to bombard CBS and Paramount officials with the "focus group" report he authored calling for changes to the studios' fan film guidelines. //Photo/Fan Film Factor//}}]
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 +Replying to Peters' post, backer Justin Alexander recommended AxaMonitor as "an objective look at the questionable history of the Axanar crowdfunding projects."(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/posts/1700319?cursor=14590686#comment-14590685|Justin Alexander comment, Star Trek Axanar project on Kickstarter]], 10/6/16.))
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 +==== Project Small Access ====
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 +Along with Bawden, Lane established the [[fanfilm_report#what is project small access|Project Small Access]] Facebook page calling for a partial boycott of CBS' new series, //Star Trek: Discovery//, which was due to premiere in May 2017. The other group administrators are ardent vocal supporters of //Axanar//.
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 +==== Axanar's Counterclaim ====
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 +Lane had previously published an exclusive [[http://fanfilmfactor.com/2016/05/24/why-axanar-just-filed-a-response-and-counterclaim-to-the-cbsparamount-lawsuit/|interview]] with attorney [[Erin Ranahan]] after her controversial filing of a [[answer|countersuit]] by Axanar against CBS and Paramount one business day after Star Trek director Abrams announced the lawsuit was "[[http://1701news.com/node/1201/abrams-axanar-lawsuit-going-away.html|going away]] in a few weeks," and the studios had issued a joint statement about their intent to seek a settlement and issue fan production guidelines.
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 +The countersuit foreclosed any possibility the studios could have [[answer#the suit must go on|unilaterally withdrawn]] the suit.
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 +[{{ ::patches-shipping.jpg?300|**SHIPMENTS** Axanar announced patches promised to Kickstarter backers two years ago were shipping at last. //Photo/Axanar Productions//}}]
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 +==== Campaign to Change Guidelines ====
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 +Lane was also behind the recent campaign to bombard CBS and Paramount officials with packages of a [[fanfilm_report|37-page report]] of so-called "focus group" data calling on the studios to change the [[cbs_guidelines|fan production guidelines]]. At last report, only 108 packages had been delivered, split among various studio personnel.(([[face>groups/smallaccess/permalink/343199246020781/?match=Zm9jdXMgZ3JvdXA%3D|Jonathan Lane post, Project Small Access Facebook group]], 9/12/16.))
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 +The downloadable report is hosted on [[fanfilm_report#letter-writing campaign|Axanar servers]].
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 +=== No Response from Studios ===
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 +To date the studios had made no official response to the report, but one source associated with CBS, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AxaMonitor the methodology of Lane's report was questionable, as were Lane's close ties with Axanar, with whom the studios are engaged in litigation, while Axanar stood to benefit from the changes recommended by report. 
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 +==== Perk Up, Donors ====
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 +Meanwhile, Peters and Axanar's fulfillment director, Diana Kingsbury, notified Kickstarter backers that the production at long last were [[shipping perks|starting to ship]] the popular Axanar patches, long languishing in storage. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
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 +**Keywords** {{tag>lawsuit players plaintiffs defendants crowdfunding guidelines axanar}}