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 <fs smaller>**THE ONLY** production shot at OWC Studios was this student project in May 2018, just after OWC's first sponsorship deal for the facility had expired.</fs> <fs x-small>//Image/Axanar Productions//</fs> <fs smaller>**THE ONLY** production shot at OWC Studios was this student project in May 2018, just after OWC's first sponsorship deal for the facility had expired.</fs> <fs x-small>//Image/Axanar Productions//</fs>
  
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 ====== Contradictory Details Emerge in OWC Sponsorship ====== ====== Contradictory Details Emerge in OWC Sponsorship ======
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 ===== OWC Sponsorship ===== ===== OWC Sponsorship =====
  
-Other World Computing said February 13 it sponsored what Alec Peters now calls Ares Studios for a year, with a six-month extension. That confirms one claim by Peters but belies a few others made as he launched a Patreon campaign to pay for the facility.+Other World Computing said February 13 it sponsored what Alec Peters now calls Ares Studios for a year, with a six-month extension. That confirms [[axanar_confidential#sponsorship_extension|one claim]] by Peters but belies a few others made as he launched a [[https://www.patreon.com/aresstudios|Patreon campaign]] to pay for the facility. 
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 +<fs smaller>**//See also: [[spurring_donations|Loss of Warehouse Spurs Donations]] and [[axanar_confidential|Contradictions Arise in Patreon, OWC Studios' Sponsorship]]//**</fs> 
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 ==== Timeline ==== ==== Timeline ====
  
-OWC's original sponsorship deal was for 12 months, running from May 2017 through April 2018. A six-month extension would've run from May-October 2018, just days before Peters held Axacon at what he still called OWC Studios even after the deal's expiration.+OWC's original [[owc_contradictions|sponsorship deal]] was for 12 months, running from May 2017 through April 2018. A six-month extension would've run from May-October 2018, just days before Peters held Axacon at what he still called OWC Studios even after the deal's expiration.
  
 ==== Separate sponsorship ==== ==== Separate sponsorship ====
  
 OWC also donated equipment and offered production support for the Axanar film under a separate agreement. OWC also donated equipment and offered production support for the Axanar film under a separate agreement.
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 +[{{ :owc_studios_macsales.png?300|**FORMER OWC STUDIOS**  Other World Computing confirms how long it sponsored what's now called Ares Studios.}}]
  
 ==== Contradictory Statements ==== ==== Contradictory Statements ====
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   * **January 21**: On Axanar: Confidential's premiere Peters claimed he'd been paying the rent for six months (i.e., since August 2018). OWC was still paying rent at that time.   * **January 21**: On Axanar: Confidential's premiere Peters claimed he'd been paying the rent for six months (i.e., since August 2018). OWC was still paying rent at that time.
   * **January 21**: In the same livecast, he claimed it was five months (i.e., since September). OWC paid for September and October.   * **January 21**: In the same livecast, he claimed it was five months (i.e., since September). OWC paid for September and October.
-  * **January 29**: Peters claims he's been paying studio costs for two years.+  * **January 29**: Peters claims he's been paying studio costs for [[http://axamonitor.com/doku.php?id=production_update_3#self-funded_studio|two years]].
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 Months after OWC pulled out, Peters was still using the company's name. He also failed to disclose the end of OWC's sponsorship until needed — when he had to turn to fans to subsidize the warehouse. Months after OWC pulled out, Peters was still using the company's name. He also failed to disclose the end of OWC's sponsorship until needed — when he had to turn to fans to subsidize the warehouse.
  
-Failure to disclose has become Peters' typical behavior with regard to what could be considered bad news.+[[axanar_confidential#peters_pattern|Failure to disclose]] has become Peters' typical behavior with regard to what could be considered bad news.
  
 === Term of Extension === === Term of Extension ===
  
-The six-month extension was a detail that appeared in an alternate pitch video never published on the Patreon page. +The six-month extension was a detail that appeared in an [[axanar_confidential#sponsorship_extension|alternate pitch video]] never published on the Patreon page. 
  
-The sponsorship was going great as late as September 24, 2018, according to Peters: "OWC Digital is still sponsoring the studio that bears their name, and they’re still very happy with what we’re doing."+The sponsorship was going great as late as [[reel_trek#still_very_happy|September 24, 2018]], according to Peters: "OWC Digital is still sponsoring the studio that bears their name, and they’re still very happy with what we’re doing."
  
 Five weeks later, the extension of OWC's sponsorship expired. Five weeks later, the extension of OWC's sponsorship expired.
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 === Via Direct Message === === Via Direct Message ===
  
-OWC clarified its sponsorship timeline via its MacSales Facebook page, in a direct message to Erick Pierce.+OWC clarified its sponsorship timeline via its [[face>OWCmacsales/|MacSales Facebook]] page, in a direct message to Erick Pierce.
  
 ===== Further assistance to Peters? ===== ===== Further assistance to Peters? =====
  
- OWC declined to answer, saying, "We cannot disclose any financial details, unfortunately." {{page>footer}} {{tag>OWC_Studios OWC studio Ares_Studios}}+ OWC declined to answer, saying, "We cannot disclose any financial details, unfortunately." {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} 
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