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summary_motions_filed [2016/12/10 22:24] – [Plaintiffs Cite Peters' Shocking Personal Spending in Asking Judge for Summary Judgment] adds summary judgment box Carlos Pedraza | summary_motions_filed [Unknown date] (current) – external edit (Unknown date) 127.0.0.1 | ||
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In a massive filing in U.S. District Court on November 16, 2016, plaintiffs CBS and Paramount Pictures produced evidence of a shocking amount of personal spending by defendant [[Alec Peters]] from money fans had contributed to produce //Axanar//, who then altered financial documents to hide spending from donors. | In a massive filing in U.S. District Court on November 16, 2016, plaintiffs CBS and Paramount Pictures produced evidence of a shocking amount of personal spending by defendant [[Alec Peters]] from money fans had contributed to produce //Axanar//, who then altered financial documents to hide spending from donors. | ||
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* The plot in the Original Series episode, “Whom Gods Destroy,” which introduced Axanar’s protagonist, | * The plot in the Original Series episode, “Whom Gods Destroy,” which introduced Axanar’s protagonist, | ||
- | * Story elements and the sequence of events Peters has admitted he took from the copyrighted, | + | * Story elements and the sequence of events Peters has admitted he took from the copyrighted, |
* Settings established by plaintiffs in various Star Trek works, including specific alien star systems and planets, such as Vulcan, the Klingon homeward Qo’noS and the planet of Axanar itself; //Axanar// also takes place on United Federation of Planets starships and Klingon battlecruisers. | * Settings established by plaintiffs in various Star Trek works, including specific alien star systems and planets, such as Vulcan, the Klingon homeward Qo’noS and the planet of Axanar itself; //Axanar// also takes place on United Federation of Planets starships and Klingon battlecruisers. | ||
* Copyrighted characters including Vulcans and Klingons, and specific characters such as Ambassador Soval and Garth of Izar. | * Copyrighted characters including Vulcans and Klingons, and specific characters such as Ambassador Soval and Garth of Izar. | ||
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The redacted portions referred to exhibits being submitted to support the plaintiffs' | The redacted portions referred to exhibits being submitted to support the plaintiffs' | ||
- | * Between his first and second depositions Peters appeared to have altered Axanar' | + | * Between his first and second depositions Peters appeared to have altered Axanar' |
* Peters raised almost $1.5 million from Star Trek fans, much of which he used to pay himself, his friends and colleagues and that he also used the funds to lease and build out a commercial studio he hoped to use to produce other Star Trek projects and rent out to other commercial productions. | * Peters raised almost $1.5 million from Star Trek fans, much of which he used to pay himself, his friends and colleagues and that he also used the funds to lease and build out a commercial studio he hoped to use to produce other Star Trek projects and rent out to other commercial productions. | ||
- | * Peters testified his intention in creating //Axanar// Works was to be “ridiculously accurate” to Star Trek and to “make sure every little detail adheres to canon.”((add citation here.)) | + | * Peters testified his intention in creating //Axanar// Works was to be “ridiculously accurate” to Star Trek and to “make sure every little detail adheres to canon.”((Plaintiffs' |
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+ | On January 4, 2017, Judge Klausner denied both motions for summary judgment but also rejected Axanar' | ||
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