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peters_kickstarter_facts [2016/10/11 02:24] – Correcting grammar Carlos Pedrazapeters_kickstarter_facts [2017/03/08 20:58] – [Axanar's 'Non Profit' Status] Carlos Pedraza
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 That led to three successive posts by Peters: That led to three successive posts by Peters:
  
-> David, the point is you claimed salaries were profit. They are not by any IRS definition. \\ \\ My point was <wrap hi>non-profits pay salaries</wrap>. And David, just because a project took 7 years does not mean the person worked full time. When a person works full time, it is unreasonable to expect that they work for free. And since <wrap hi>Star Trek New Voyages, Star Trek Continues and Star Trek Renegades all paid people</wrap>, please don't tell me that a fan film means you don't pay people. \\ \\ And Fan Films are generally, by definition, "not-for profit" <wrap hi>whether or not they are actual 501(c)3 entities.</wrap> There is no "profit" from Axanar.(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/comments?cursor=14630580#comment-14630579|Alec Peters comment, Star Trek Axanar Kickstarter project]], 10/10/16.))+> David, the point is you claimed salaries were profit. They are not by any IRS definition. \\ \\ My point was <wrap hi>non-profits pay salaries</wrap>. And David, just because a project took 7 years does not mean the person worked full time. When a person works full time, it is unreasonable to expect that they work for free. And since <wrap hi>Star Trek New Voyages, Star Trek Continues and Star Trek Renegades all paid people</wrap>, please don't tell me that a fan film means you don't pay people. \\ \\ And Fan Films are generally, by definition, "not-for profit" <wrap hi>whether or not they are actual 501%%(c)%%3 entities.</wrap> There is no "profit" from Axanar.(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/comments?cursor=14630580#comment-14630579|Alec Peters comment, Star Trek Axanar Kickstarter project]], 10/10/16.))
  
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 <wrap em>FALSE</wrap> **It's About Profit** Peters has used the "IRS definition" of profit as justification for why Axanar's revenue-generating activities should not count as "making money" from its use of Star Trek's intellectual property. **AxaMonitor** has already [[axanar_myths|debunked]] this notion by: <wrap em>FALSE</wrap> **It's About Profit** Peters has used the "IRS definition" of profit as justification for why Axanar's revenue-generating activities should not count as "making money" from its use of Star Trek's intellectual property. **AxaMonitor** has already [[axanar_myths|debunked]] this notion by:
-  * Documenting Axanar Productions status as a for-profit corporation in the state of California.+  * Documenting Axanar Productions' status as a for-profit corporation in the state of California.
   * Demonstrating Peters' definition of the term 'profit' isn't relevant to the direct financial benefit he is alleged to have gained from copyright infringement.   * Demonstrating Peters' definition of the term 'profit' isn't relevant to the direct financial benefit he is alleged to have gained from copyright infringement.