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 ====== Axanar, Crowdfunding Behind New CBS Moves Against Fan Films, Says 'Horizon' Creator  ====== ====== Axanar, Crowdfunding Behind New CBS Moves Against Fan Films, Says 'Horizon' Creator  ======
  
-<wrap lo>//See also: [[federation_falling|Analysis: Federation falling?]], [[gerrold_repudiates|Gerrold repudiates Axanar slur]]//</wrap>+<wrap lo>//See also: [[federation_falling|Analysis: Federation falling?]] and [[gerrold_repudiates|Gerrold repudiates Axanar slur]]//</wrap>
  
 [{{ ::trek-geeks.jpg?nolink&200|**TREK GEEKS** Tommy Kraft's appearance prompted a discussion about fan films' future in the wake of the Axanar lawsuit.}}] [{{ ::trek-geeks.jpg?nolink&200|**TREK GEEKS** Tommy Kraft's appearance prompted a discussion about fan films' future in the wake of the Axanar lawsuit.}}]
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 Now, months later, and despite Burke's newest statement attributing CBS' shutdown of Horizon to the Axanar case, //Axanar// director [[Robert Meyer Burnett]] rejected the notion that his film's alleged copyright infringement was behind the the studio's move. Now, months later, and despite Burke's newest statement attributing CBS' shutdown of Horizon to the Axanar case, //Axanar// director [[Robert Meyer Burnett]] rejected the notion that his film's alleged copyright infringement was behind the the studio's move.
  
-[{{ :tommy-kraft.jpg?nolink&200|**Tommy Kraft**, creator of //Star Trek–Horizon//, on the virtual set of his film.}}]+[{{ :tommy-kraft.jpg?nolink&250|**Tommy Kraft**, creator of //Star Trek–Horizon//, on the virtual set of his film.}}]
  
 "Of course, Axanar is being blamed for this," Burnett posted on his Facebook page. "Considering Paramount has //Star Trek Beyond// dropping in July and CBS has their new series streaming in January, perhaps Axanar isn't to blame. Maybe THIS is the reason CBS put a stop to Tommy's sequel."(([[face>photo.php?fbid=10154186404844468&set=a.10150263622354468.371781.633579467&type=3|Robert Meyer Burnett Facebook post]], 4/21/16.)) "Of course, Axanar is being blamed for this," Burnett posted on his Facebook page. "Considering Paramount has //Star Trek Beyond// dropping in July and CBS has their new series streaming in January, perhaps Axanar isn't to blame. Maybe THIS is the reason CBS put a stop to Tommy's sequel."(([[face>photo.php?fbid=10154186404844468&set=a.10150263622354468.371781.633579467&type=3|Robert Meyer Burnett Facebook post]], 4/21/16.))
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-Kraft, however, rejected that notion. "I've tried from the beginning to maintain a neutral standpoint on this," he said, "There have been a lot of productions that have raised a lot of money … and a lot of feature-length stuff, and it was something about the Axanar project in general, I believe, that caused [CBS] to have a change of opinion. … It's too coincidental that everything was hunky-dory until this one production and then all of a sudden things change."+Kraft, however, rejected that notion. "I've tried from the beginning to maintain a neutral standpoint on this," he said, "There have been a lot of productions that have raised a lot of money … and a lot of feature-length stuff, and it was something about the Axanar project in general, I believe, that caused [CBS] to have a change of opinion. … It's too coincidental, even if you don't have any facts, that everything was hunky-dory until this one production and then all of a sudden things change."
  
 Kraft specifically noted Axanar's branding of itself as a "professional independent Star Trek production," and called out its move to build its own commercial studio. Kraft specifically noted Axanar's branding of itself as a "professional independent Star Trek production," and called out its move to build its own commercial studio.
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 Axanar was essentially doing the same thing, Kraft said. "They were making a for-profit business off of this — Ares [Studios] — and calling it the first professional independent Star Trek production. They tried very hard to shirk the 'fan film' label and be viewed as a 'real movie.' I feel like a lot of that kind of stuff may have crossed the line." Axanar was essentially doing the same thing, Kraft said. "They were making a for-profit business off of this — Ares [Studios] — and calling it the first professional independent Star Trek production. They tried very hard to shirk the 'fan film' label and be viewed as a 'real movie.' I feel like a lot of that kind of stuff may have crossed the line."
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 +[{{ ::project-discovery.jpg?300|**KICKSTARTER CANCELED** In the wake of the Axanar lawsuit, the crowdfunding campaign by Horizon's creators failed to gain enough support.}}]
  
 He added that Burke told him the Axanar case is changing how CBS must now deal with fan productions. "He did say, 'Historically we've been supportive of fan films, but because of everything that's going on, we're having to change how we do things.'" He added that Burke told him the Axanar case is changing how CBS must now deal with fan productions. "He did say, 'Historically we've been supportive of fan films, but because of everything that's going on, we're having to change how we do things.'"
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 +==== Alternate Crowdfunding Project ====
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 +Denied the Horizon sequel, Kraft and co-producer Ryan Webber instead began a crowdfunding effort for a non-Star Trek sci-fi project on Kickstarter, [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/startrekhorizon/project-discovery|Project Discovery]], with a $250,000 goal. On May 17, 2016, amid disappointing fundraising results, Kraft announced he was canceling the project.(([[face>tommykraftfilms/posts/1131229946939605|Tommy Kraft post, Star Trek–Horizon Facebook page]], 5/17/16.)) The campaign had raised only $17,862. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
  
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 **Keywords** {{tag>lawsuit crowdfunding plaintiffs}} **Keywords** {{tag>lawsuit crowdfunding plaintiffs}}