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[[i09_wrong|{{:io9_anniversary.jpg?nolink}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**io9 GOT IT WRONG** The pop culture website's 10-year retrospective got most things about the Axanar/Star Trek copyright lawsuit wrong. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[i09_wrong|Read more »]] (Filed 1/18/18)</wrap>
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[[2017_top_10|{{:top_10_2017_graphic.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**BIGGEST STORIES** What are AxaMonitor's top Axanar stories from 2017? A year after the copyright infringement lawsuit was settled, Axanar was still making news. We count down the past year's Top 10 stories. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[2017_top_10 |Read more »]] (Filed 1/1/18)</wrap>
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[[december donor update|{{:donor_update.jpg?720&nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**ROSY PICTURE** OWC Studios head Alec Peters sent donors an update describing healthy progress toward making the Axanar short films allowed under the CBS-Paramount lawsuit settlement, gliding over the production’s personnel and financial obstacles. A fact-check of Peters’ claims shows otherwise. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[december donor update|Read more »]] (Filed 12/13/17)</wrap>
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[[hunt_resigns|{{:peters_hunt.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**PATTERN OF DECEIT?** Bill Hunt (right), co-writer of the never-to-be-produced //Axanar// feature went public with his resignation in November right after its director did, but he actually left the project in July — news Alec Peters kept from donors. It's something Peters did before with actor Tony Todd's departure. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[hunt resigns|Read more »]] (Filed 11/3/17)</wrap>
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[[burnett_resigns|{{:burnett-wondercon.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo><wrap em>TWO DOWN</wrap> Director Robert Meyer Burnett has resigned from the Axanar film, bringing to an end another chapter in the beleaguered project, leaving it apparently rudderless. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[burnett_resigns|Read more »]] (Filed 11/2/17)</wrap>
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[[prelude_redux_2|{{:no_enterprise.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**NEW FAN EDIT** of //Prelude to Axanar// has been released by a pseudonymous editor. The first version was taken down by OWC Studios head Alec Peters, who is completely eliminated from the new edit, which also features new visual  and sound effects. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[prelude redux 2|Read more »]] (Filed 11/3/17)</wrap>
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[[soundtrack_pulled|{{:author-author.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**MERCHANDISE PULLED** Axanar merchandise, including the Prelude to Axanar soundtrack and a variety of patches, suddenly went ‘Out of Stock’ after a report the online seller appeared to have doctored a promotional image. The Author, Author! website scrubbed nearly every reference to Axanar from its product catalog. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[soundtrack pulled|Read more »]] (Filed 11/02/17)</wrap> 
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[[defamation_backfire|{{:harassment-claim.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**HUNDREDS ABANDON** Facebook fan groups controlled by OWC Studios head Alec Peters after he posts unsupported and possibly defamatory allegations of stalking and sexual harassment by an Axanar critic. The accusations came a day after **AxaMonitor**'s story about Axanar merchandise sales. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[defamation_backfire|Read more »]] (Filed 10/31/17)</wrap>
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[[todd_dragoncon|{{:todd-dragoncon.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**ACTOR'S IMAGE USED TO MOVE MERCH** Star Trek actor Tony Todd, who left //Axanar// citing problems with its financial accountability and repeated production delays, complained about a Dragon*Con fan table selling merchandise using his image that could only have come from Alec Peters. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[todd dragoncon|Read more »]] (Filed 9/2/17)</wrap>
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[[nonprofit_abandoned|{{:tony-christian-prelude-bts.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**NONPROFIT NO MORE** Axanar abandons its effort to become a charitable organization, and its spokesman admits it could "take years" before supporters ever see the promised two, 15-minute Axanar episodes permitted by the lawsuit settlement. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[nonprofit_abandoned|Read more »]] (Filed 9/1/17)</wrap>
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[[fanfilm_academy|{{:stlv-cawley-img_2246.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**FAN FILM ACADEMY** CBS grants New Voyages' James Cawley a license to operate a training school for people to make Star Trek fan films on his Original Series sets, an unprecedented move that broadens legitimate usage by fans of Star Trek's copyrighted property. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[fanfilm_academy|Read more »]] (Filed 8/5/17)</wrap>
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[[prelude_actors_bloopers|{{:vulcan-scene-1.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**CAST A PALL** 'Prelude' actors cast doubt on Alec Peters' legal threats over blooper reel. And Peters may have lost actor Gary Graham, who reportedly said he now wants to "stay well clear" of Axanar after it threatened the credibility of his career. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[prelude actors bloopers|Read more »]] (Filed 7/20/17)</wrap>
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[[axanar_sporking|{{:kate_stark_logo.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**DAILY CRITIQUE** In this exclusive **AxaMonitor** interview, meet pseudonymous blogger Kate Stark, who's behind the insightful scene-by-scene critiques of the leaked //Axanar// script at "Axanar: The Sporkings." {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axanar sporking|Read more »]] (Filed 7/8/17)</wrap>
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[[script release|{{:axanar-script-leak.jpg?direct|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**AXANAR SCRIPT LEAKED** After producer Alec Peters attacked him on Facebook, Axanar's former chief technologist retaliated by posting a copy of the script that led to the copyright lawsuit. Then the Internet reacted. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[script release|Read more »]] (Filed 6/28/17)</wrap>
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[[new_studio|{{:lawrencevill_warehouse.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo><wrap em>CORRECTION</wrap> AxaMonitor corrects its report on the location of Axanar's new headquarters, as CEO Alec Peters prepared to leave the unused California studio into which he had poured three-quarters of a million dollars of fans' money. **ALSO**: An [[correction_editorial|editorial]] about being fooled by Peters' falsehoods. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[new studio|Read more »]] (Filed 4/26/17)</wrap>
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[[atlanta_move|{{:hi-atl.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**PULLING UP STAKES** Axanar CEO Alec Peters announces he's moving operations to a new "studio" near Atlanta, his former base of operations. Also, what does the move portend for its nonprofit goals and effort to secure a federal tax exemption? {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[atlanta move|Read more »]] (Filed 4/18/17)</wrap></WRAP>
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[[studio-financials|{{:industry_studios-sound.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**UNSOUND STAGE** A close look at the long-delayed and thin so-called independent report on Axanar's finances. Also: What's behind the delayed crowdfunding launch on behalf of Axanar's soundstage — which turns out to not even be soundproofed. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[studio-financials|Read more »]] (Filed 3/9/17)</wrap>
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[[statement-information|{{:axanar_s_board_720px.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**CORPORATE SECRETS** AxaMonitor has obtained documents revealing Axanar’s corporate structure, exposing its surrogates’ false statements and facts previously obfuscated by its spokesman. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[statement-information|Read more »]] (Filed 3/6/17)</wrap>
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[[financial_concerns|{{:accounting-for-axanar.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**ACCOUNTING FOR AXANAR** On the eve of the release of Axanar's long-delayed so-called financial review, insider accounts shine a spotlight on a growing number of questions about producer Alec Peters' management and financial practices. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[financial concerns|Read more »]] (Filed 3/6/17)</wrap>
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[[takedown_analysis|{{:copyright-clash.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**WILL THE TAKEDOWN HOLD UP?** In the wake of its own copyright infringement troubles, Axanar ironically claims copyright protection against the fan edit of //Prelude to Axanar//. An AxaMonitor analysis of the YouTube takedown of //Prelude: Redux//. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[takedown analysis|Read more »]] (Filed 2/18/17)</wrap>
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[[settlement_aftermath|{{:burnett-wondercon.jpg?nolink|}}]]
<wrap lo>**SETTLEMENT AFTERMATH** Many loose threads remain in the aftermath of the settlement of Axanar's copyright lawsuit, including whether producer Alec Peters admitted he ran afoul of copyright law and if its director would stay on. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[settlement aftermath|Read more »]] (Filed 1/26/17)</wrap>
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[[hunt_peters|{{:alec-producer.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**PETERS' INEXPERIENCE** as a film producer caused constant behind-the-scenes trouble in the development of //Axanar//, co-writer Bill Hunt said in a deposition submitted as evidence in the upcoming copyright infringement trial. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[hunt peters|Read more »]] (Filed 1/20/17)</wrap>
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[[luh studios|{{:industry-studios.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**A GRIM CODA** to the story of Axanar's former California studio, abandoned after OWC Studios head [[Alec Peters]] ran out of donors' money: His former landlord died unexpectedly in January, after he had tried for months to find a buyer or tenant for the empty studio. That threw into confusion assurances Peters had given donors about future use of the facility. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[luh studios|Read more »]] (Filed 2/6/18)</wrap>
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[[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/lawsuit-mashup-star-trek-dr-seuss-gets-past-alpha-quadrant-1065929|{{::oh_the_places_youll_boldly_go_cover.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**REVERSAL OF FORTUNE** A federal judge refused to dismiss the copyright and trademark infringement case by the Doctor Seuss estate against Star Trek writer and Axanar advocate David Gerrold and his partners for their so-called Seuss-Trek mashup.  <wrap lo>[[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/lawsuit-mashup-star-trek-dr-seuss-gets-past-alpha-quadrant-1065929|Read at the Hollywood Reporter »]]</wrap> (Filed 12/8/17)</wrap>
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[[author_author|{{:author-author-announcement-1.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**AXANAR MERCH FOR SALE** With the potential for hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue, an Alabama-based bookseller is selling merchandise she claims Alec Peters gave her for free — merchandise manufactured using money donors meant for production of the //Axanar// feature. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[author_author|Read more »]] (Filed 10/27/17)</wrap>
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[[trekcetera museum|{{:trekcetera.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**AXANAR-BACKED FUNDRAISER RAISES QUESTIONS** A last-ditch campaign backed by Axanar to save a Canadian Star Trek museum successfully concludes amid questions about the CBS-licensed museum’s connections to Axanar, saddled with its own troubling crowdfunding and financial management past. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[trekcetera museum|Read more »]] (Filed 10/4/17)</wrap>
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[[tinfoil_fedora|{{:tinfedora.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**SECRET DOCUMENTS** Former chief technologist launches his controversial website, promising documents from Axanar's internal hard drives, revealing information about the ill-fated project's finances, unreported revenue, internal communication, visual effects and more. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[tinfoil fedora|Read more »]] (Filed 8/21/17)</wrap>
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[[blooper threat|{{:prelude_bloopers.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**BLOOPERS LEGAL THREATS** Axanar producer Alec Peters threatens to have //Prelude// actors take legal action over a former staffer's planned release of a blooper reel aimed at Peters' amateur acting. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[blooper threat|Read more »]] (Filed 7/20/17)</wrap>
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[[https://www.inc.com/erik-sherman/dr-seuss-company-sues-authors-over-seuss-star-trek.html|{{ :seuss-gerrold.jpg}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**WIN SOME, LOSE SOME** Axanar creative consultant David Gerrold scores some points in the trademark and copyright infringement case brought by the Dr. Seuss estate. [[https://www.inc.com/erik-sherman/dr-seuss-company-sues-authors-over-seuss-star-trek.html|Read more at Inc. »]] (Filed 7/4/17)</wrap>
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[[moving_survey|{{:uhaul-shuttle.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**UNDISCLOSED POLL** results are used by Axanar CEO Alec Peters to justify diverting Indiegogo funds to new purposes, like moving Star Trek sets and setting up shop somewhere else after losing the costly studio fans' money had built but had never been used. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[moving survey|Read more »]] (Filed 4/17/17)</wrap>
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[[starbase_sets|{{:starbase-transporter.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**INDIEGONEGONE?** Axanar's frustrating search for space to store its sets runs into burnt bridges with fan producers. And having lost his studio, Peters polls donors, hoping to divert the Indiegogo funds he raised to keep the studio to fund his relocation. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[starbase sets|Read more »]] (Filed 4/12/17)</wrap>
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[[studio_move|{{:moving_out_at_warp_speed.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**VACATING THE PREMISES** Peters strikes a deal with his landlord, who's forgiving the rest of the lease so long as Axanar moves out of Industry Studios by the end of April. That hasn't stopped Peters from continuing to collect money from his foundering Indiegogo campaign despite the loss of the studio that was its centerpiece. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[studio move|Read more »]] (Filed 4/9/17)</wrap>
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[[indiegogo_halt|{{:industry_studios_the_first_fan-funded_movie_studio_indiegogo.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**SOUND AND FURY** Axanar's crowdfunding initiative to save Industry Studios lacks a crowd. At the halfway mark in his Indiegogo campaign, CEO Alec Peters' lackluster promotional efforts have kept former supporters away.  {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[indiegogo halt|Read more »]] (Filed 4/4/17)</wrap>
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[[https://axamonitorcomic.wordpress.com|{{::axamonitor_webcomic_3-1.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**A WEE COMIC** For the duration of Axanar's attempt on Indiegogo to get Star Trek fans to continue to pay for the operations of its beleaguered studio, we're publishing a daily webcomic trying to offer an incisive look at the effort, which needs $200,000 to begin to put the soundstage on a sound financial track. [[https://axamonitorcomic.wordpress.com|Read more »]] (Filed 3/26/17)</wrap>
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[[kickstarter_pitch|{{:industry-pitch.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**NO MORE KICKSTARTER**  After Axanar's delayed Kickstarter pitch video leaked, producer Alec Peters announced a last-minute switch to Indiegogo for a 30-day campaign to pay for its' studio rent. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[kickstarter pitch|Read more »]] (Updated 3/17/17)</wrap>
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[[prelude_fan_edit|{{:prelude-redux.jpg?direct|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**PETERS ASSERTS COPYRIGHT AGAINST FAN EDIT** In an ironic turn, Alec Peters issued a takedown against a pseudonymous fan-edit of //Prelude to Axanar// that cut his appearance as Garth of Izar. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[prelude fan edit|Read more »]] (Filed 2/15/17)</wrap>
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[[fan_edit_interview|{{:kharn-redux.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**MEET THE EDITOR** who recut //Prelude to Axanar//, shaving off four minutes and eliminating controversial producer Alec Peters. Learn what's behind the fan edit. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[fan edit interview|Read more »]] (Filed 2/15/17)</wrap>
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[[trekzone_history|{{:there-here-trekzone.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**FROM THERE TO HERE** TrekZone’s Matthew Miller and AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza team up in a three-part podcast to examine the past, present and future of fan films in the wake of the settlement of Axanar's copyright infringement lawsuit. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[trekzone history|Read more »]] (Filed 2/11/17)</wrap>
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[[plea_removed|{{:join-mission.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**PUBLIC DONATIONS APPEAL REMOVED** Axanar removes its website's donation link and language portraying it as a nonprofit—just a cosmetic change? {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[plea removed|Read more »]] (Filed 2/6/17)</wrap>
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[[bailey_committee|{{:public-donation-appeal.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**PUBLIC APPEAL FOR PRIVATE DONATIONS** Is Axanar's website publicly building a private email list as an end run around fundraising prohibited by the terms of its lawsuit settlement? Also, Alec Peters named a new financial reviewer who may have a conflict of interest. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[bailey committee|Read more »]] (Filed 1/28/17)</wrap>
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[[axanar_settles|{{:sunrise-sunset.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
<wrap lo>**AXANAR SETTLES** After an eleventh-hour flurry of negotiations with its January 31 trial looming, producer Alec Peters came to an accord with CBS and Paramount that ends the year-long copyright battle. Something like //Axanar// will be allowed but under CBS' restrictive fan film guidelines. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axanar settles|Read more »]] (Filed 1/20/17)</wrap>
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