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 A trove of previously undisclosed Axanar data, including financial and donation records, internal communication, production archives, video and CGI footage and soundtracks, is being released by former chief technologist Terry McIntosh. A trove of previously undisclosed Axanar data, including financial and donation records, internal communication, production archives, video and CGI footage and soundtracks, is being released by former chief technologist Terry McIntosh.
  
-McIntosh [[terry_mcintosh|resigned]] from Axanar in May 2016. Since then, Axanar CEO [[Alec Peters]] and his surrogates have maligned the former chief technology officer, prompting McIntosh to release Axanar's records he still had in his possession.+McIntosh [[terry_mcintosh|resigned]] from Axanar in May 2016. Since then, Axanar CEO [[Alec Peters]] and his surrogates have maligned the former chief technology officer, prompting McIntosh to release what he believes are incriminating Axanar records still in his possession.
  
 [{{ ::revenue-tinfedora.jpg?direct&350|**AXANAR RECORDS** An extensive set of financial and revenue documents are expected to be available on Terry McIntosh's "Axanar Disaster" website.}}] [{{ ::revenue-tinfedora.jpg?direct&350|**AXANAR RECORDS** An extensive set of financial and revenue documents are expected to be available on Terry McIntosh's "Axanar Disaster" website.}}]
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-==== The Data ====+===== The Data =====
  
 According to the About page's second section, "Access the Data," readers are offered the following for inspection: According to the About page's second section, "Access the Data," readers are offered the following for inspection:
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-<wrap lo><wrap em>UPDATES</wrap> This article will be updated with each new release of documents by Terry McIntosh on the [[http://www.tinfoilfedora.com|Axanar Disaster]] website.</wrap>+<wrap lo><wrap em>UPDATES</wrap> This article will be updated with each new release of documents by Terry McIntosh on the [[http://www.tinfedora.com|Axanar Disaster]] website.</wrap>
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-=== Incremental Releases ===+==== Incremental Releases ====
  
 The site as originally launched on August 18 offered only some of the promised information, according to McIntosh: The site as originally launched on August 18 offered only some of the promised information, according to McIntosh:
  
 > If you are experiencing sparse content then you are not presently approved for beta-release access to certain bits, but rest assured that a mind-numbing amount of content -- I mean it, there are several terabytes of data to painstakingly sift through -- is actively being organized for public consumption, so check back often!(([[http://axanar.tinfedora.com|Dashboard page]], Axanar Disaster website, retrieved 8/20/17.)) > If you are experiencing sparse content then you are not presently approved for beta-release access to certain bits, but rest assured that a mind-numbing amount of content -- I mean it, there are several terabytes of data to painstakingly sift through -- is actively being organized for public consumption, so check back often!(([[http://axanar.tinfedora.com|Dashboard page]], Axanar Disaster website, retrieved 8/20/17.))
 +
 +=== Axanar Response: Where's the Beef? ===
 +
 +Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden criticized McIntosh's apparent motivation and the sparse number of records at the site's launch:
 +
 +> We're disappointed Terry has decided to do this and view it as another desperate attempt to get attention by trying to publicly shame Alec Peters. We've looked at the site and what's currently available there and, true to our experience with Terry, promises he's made on social media and claims made on the "About" page of the site aren't paid off when you actually look at the information he's made available.((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 8/21/17.))
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 +[{{ :bawden-peters.jpg?200|Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden and producer Alec Peters}}]
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 +Bawden went on to question McIntosh's ongoing hostility:
 +
 +> It continues to perplex me as to why Terry and others continue to act this way. I'm not sure what is gained by making this all so intensely personal. There seems to be almost no thought given to the people [other] than Alec who might be personally affected by these actions. … I always thought that as Star Trek fans, we could expect each other to act with a bit more dignity and empathy. I guess not.((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 8/21/17.))
 +
 +==== Dashboard ====
  
 From the Dashboard, visitors can access the areas in which McIntosh promised to continue to add data. The donor records, for example, took a long time to redact to preserve donors' privacy, he said. The site's sections include: From the Dashboard, visitors can access the areas in which McIntosh promised to continue to add data. The donor records, for example, took a long time to redact to preserve donors' privacy, he said. The site's sections include:
  
-=== Financial Records ===+==== Financial Records ====
  
 At launch, this section included only an overview of the financial records McIntosh promised. He did, however, identify the sources of the information: At launch, this section included only an overview of the financial records McIntosh promised. He did, however, identify the sources of the information:
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-== Fundraising Totals ==+=== Fundraising Totals ===
  
 McIntosh said his records show a total $1,510,370.76 raised from the public via Kickstarter, Indiegogo, merchandise sales not accounted for by Axanar's [[merchandise|Donor Store]], and merchandise sold through its online Donor Store. McIntosh said his records show a total $1,510,370.76 raised from the public via Kickstarter, Indiegogo, merchandise sales not accounted for by Axanar's [[merchandise|Donor Store]], and merchandise sold through its online Donor Store.
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 The $1.5 million in McIntosh's records is at odds with the $1.4 million cited by Axanar's expert financial witness in the lawsuit — a difference of $81,468.33, nearly matching the revenue produced by the Donor Store alone. The $1.5 million in McIntosh's records is at odds with the $1.4 million cited by Axanar's expert financial witness in the lawsuit — a difference of $81,468.33, nearly matching the revenue produced by the Donor Store alone.
  
-== Donor Store Sales ==+=== Donor Store Sales ===
  
-The report filed in the [[lawsuit]] by Axanar's hired financial expert, [[summary_replies#axanar_s_money_is_gone|Christian Tregillis]], reported sales of products in Axanar's "Donor Store" totaled $81,317.26, a figure confirmed by McIntosh's records.+The report filed in the [[lawsuit]] by Axanar's hired financial expert, [[summary_replies#axanar_s_money_is_gone|Christian Tregillis]], reported sales of products in Axanar's "Donor Store" totaled $81,317.26, a figure McIntosh's website quotes, though he is investigating whether that figure is borne out by the records in his possession.
  
-== Unaccounted Revenue ==+=== Unaccounted Revenue ===
  
 McIntosh claimed his records document revenue unreported and unaccounted for, including: McIntosh claimed his records document revenue unreported and unaccounted for, including:
   * Additional Donor Store sales.   * Additional Donor Store sales.
-  * An alleged "five figure" amount in sales and donations solicited by Peters at many Star Trek and scifi conventions he attended over the years.+  * An alleged "five figure" amount in sales and donations solicited by Peters at many Star Trek and scifi conventions Peters attended over the years.
  
-== Forthcoming Records ==+=== Forthcoming Records ===
  
 McIntosh went on to promise updates to the financial section "as additional financial data are discovered. … Totals and figures may occasionally fluctuate as data is verified and updated."(([[http://axanar.tinfedora.com/revenue-overview.html|Revenue Overview, Financial Records section]], Axanar Disaster website, retrieved 8/20/17.)) McIntosh went on to promise updates to the financial section "as additional financial data are discovered. … Totals and figures may occasionally fluctuate as data is verified and updated."(([[http://axanar.tinfedora.com/revenue-overview.html|Revenue Overview, Financial Records section]], Axanar Disaster website, retrieved 8/20/17.))
  
 {{youtube>YTZoAh4wcwQ?large|Axanar VFX Clip}} {{youtube>YTZoAh4wcwQ?large|Axanar VFX Clip}}
-<wrap lo>//A clip featuring visual effects footage intended for the //Axanar// feature film..//</wrap> +<wrap lo>//A clip (no audio) featuring visual effects footage intended for the //Axanar// feature film.//</wrap> 
- +==== Video Footage ====
-=== Video Footage ===+
  
 McIntosh's site also released previously [[http://axanar.tinfedora.com/visual-effects.html|unseen visual effects]] footage, mostly produced by German CGI artist [[Tobias Richter]]. The nearly 2 gigabyte archive included animatics (rough draft visual effects), as well as completed visual effects shots intended for the //Axanar// feature film. McIntosh's site also released previously [[http://axanar.tinfedora.com/visual-effects.html|unseen visual effects]] footage, mostly produced by German CGI artist [[Tobias Richter]]. The nearly 2 gigabyte archive included animatics (rough draft visual effects), as well as completed visual effects shots intended for the //Axanar// feature film.
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 [{{ ::bittorrent_logo.png|**BitTorrent logo**}}] [{{ ::bittorrent_logo.png|**BitTorrent logo**}}]
 <wrap lo>**WHAT IS BITTORRENT?** \\ <wrap lo>**WHAT IS BITTORRENT?** \\
-BitTorrent facilitates peer-to-peer file sharing to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet. BitTorrent is one of the most common ways to transferring large files, such as digital video files containing TV shows or video clips, distributing pieces of a file amongst a large number of peers. While BitTorrent does not, on its own, offer users anonymity or security various services offer anonymity to torrent users.((Adapted from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent|Wikipedia article, "BitTorrent"]], retrieved 8/21/17.))</wrap>+BitTorrent facilitates peer-to-peer file sharing to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet. BitTorrent is one of the most common ways to transferring large files, such as digital video files containing TV shows or video clips, distributing pieces of a file amongst a large number of peers. While BitTorrent does not, on its own, offer users anonymity or security various services offer anonymity to torrent users.((Adapted from the [[wp>BitTorrent|Wikipedia article, "BitTorrent"]], retrieved 8/21/17.))</wrap>
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-== Beyond Legal Reach ==+=== Beyond Legal Reach ===
  
 McIntosh made a point of distributing the video archive using BitTorrent technology, he said, because the archive exists in pieces hosted on servers throughout the Internet. Because the files don't reside on any single server, they lie beyond the legal reach of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998,  which would otherwise allow for the material to be taken down at the request of those asserting copyright over the files. McIntosh made a point of distributing the video archive using BitTorrent technology, he said, because the archive exists in pieces hosted on servers throughout the Internet. Because the files don't reside on any single server, they lie beyond the legal reach of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998,  which would otherwise allow for the material to be taken down at the request of those asserting copyright over the files.
  
-=== Internal Communication ===+==== Internal Communication ====
  
 This section launched with an audio recording of a May 2014 [[http://axanar.tinfedora.com/conference-calls.html|conference call]] discussing post-production work for releasing the short film, //Prelude to Axanar//, which was to be the calling card for Axanar's following Kickstarter campaign. The call included Peters, editor [[Robert Meyer Burnett]], then-//Axanar// director [[Christian Gossett]], who resigned a year later, sound designer Mark Edward Lewis and digital imaging technician Bing Bailey, who later was named by Peters as a [[bailey_committee#new_financial_reviewer_s_independence|so-called "independent"]] financial reviewer despite Bailey's long association with the project. This section launched with an audio recording of a May 2014 [[http://axanar.tinfedora.com/conference-calls.html|conference call]] discussing post-production work for releasing the short film, //Prelude to Axanar//, which was to be the calling card for Axanar's following Kickstarter campaign. The call included Peters, editor [[Robert Meyer Burnett]], then-//Axanar// director [[Christian Gossett]], who resigned a year later, sound designer Mark Edward Lewis and digital imaging technician Bing Bailey, who later was named by Peters as a [[bailey_committee#new_financial_reviewer_s_independence|so-called "independent"]] financial reviewer despite Bailey's long association with the project.
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 > Eventually [Peters'] email accounts, as well as mine and others, will be on there. That's going to take some work though, so it's lower on the to-do list. The unabridged Facebook private message history between he and I dating back to early 2014 will be ahead of that.(([[face>groups/axamonitor/permalink/263179660863555/?comment_id=263449434169911&reply_comment_id=263457387502449&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D|Terry McIntosh comment]], AxaMonitor Facebook group, 8/19/17.)) > Eventually [Peters'] email accounts, as well as mine and others, will be on there. That's going to take some work though, so it's lower on the to-do list. The unabridged Facebook private message history between he and I dating back to early 2014 will be ahead of that.(([[face>groups/axamonitor/permalink/263179660863555/?comment_id=263449434169911&reply_comment_id=263457387502449&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D|Terry McIntosh comment]], AxaMonitor Facebook group, 8/19/17.))
  
-=== Litigation Archive ===+==== Litigation Archive ====
  
 McIntosh's website also launched with a repository of documents filed with the court in connection with the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by CBS and Paramount against Axanar Productions and Alec Peters. The archive was not yet complete at launch, and McIntosh promised a full-text search capability in the future.(([[http://axanar.tinfedora.com/court-documents.html|Litigation Archive]], Axanar Disaster website, retrieved 8/21/17.)) McIntosh's website also launched with a repository of documents filed with the court in connection with the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by CBS and Paramount against Axanar Productions and Alec Peters. The archive was not yet complete at launch, and McIntosh promised a full-text search capability in the future.(([[http://axanar.tinfedora.com/court-documents.html|Litigation Archive]], Axanar Disaster website, retrieved 8/21/17.))
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 **AxaMonitor** offers a full archive of court documents through its [[lawsuit-primer|Lawsuit Primer]]. **AxaMonitor** offers a full archive of court documents through its [[lawsuit-primer|Lawsuit Primer]].
  
-=== Music Archive ===+==== Music Archive ====
  
 The website launched with audio files comprising the //Prelude// soundtrack, available through [[#video footage|BitTorrent]]. McIntosh promised more files would be released in the future.(([[http://axanar.tinfedora.com/music.html|Audio Archive]], Axanar Disaster website, retrieved 8/21/17.)) The website launched with audio files comprising the //Prelude// soundtrack, available through [[#video footage|BitTorrent]]. McIntosh promised more files would be released in the future.(([[http://axanar.tinfedora.com/music.html|Audio Archive]], Axanar Disaster website, retrieved 8/21/17.))
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 ===== Source of Records ===== ===== Source of Records =====
  
-Except for the litigation archive, the data on McIntosh's website came from Axanar hard drives he had purchased for the project. When he resigned, McIntosh said he offered to return the drives once Peters reimbursed him for Axanar expenses McIntosh had paid out of pocket. Peters refused to do so, according to McIntosh.+Except for the litigation archive, the data on McIntosh's website came from a shared 1 TB Google Drive paid for by McIntosh. He said he gave Peters a few weeks notice the Google Drive account was going to be terminated and any data there needed to be backed up. McIntosh said Peters refused to reimburse him for out-of-pocket Axanar expenses, including the Google Drive and a hard drive he had purchased for Axanar. 
 + 
 +When he resigned, McIntosh still had the hard drive he had paid for, containing data related to the production of //Prelude to Axanar//. He said he offered to return the drives once Peters reimbursed him for his expenses. Peters refused to do so, according to McIntosh.(([[face>groups/axamonitor/permalink/264098020771719/?comment_id=264609047387283&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D|Terry McIntosh comment]], AxaMonitor Facebook group, 8/22/17.)) 
 +==== Leverage Against Peters ==== 
 + 
 +Bawden called McIntosh's account into question: 
 + 
 +> This … is the first time I've been made aware of this claim. My understanding was that when Terry broke with Axanar Productions, he copied all of the files and then wiped them out of the Axanar Production's Google Drive so they couldn't be used. Who owned whatever storage devices Terry copied those files onto is anybody's guess, but I had the distinct impression Terry was keeping copies of those files for himself - presumably to use as leverage with Alec.((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 8/21/17.))
  
 ===== AxaMonitor ===== ===== AxaMonitor =====
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 ==== No Role ==== ==== No Role ====
  
-McIntosh has often been a source of information cited by **AxaMonitor** but editor [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]] played no role in the launch of the Axanar Disaster website.+McIntosh has often been a source of information cited by **AxaMonitor** but editor [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]] played no role in the launch of the Axanar Disaster website. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} 
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