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<fs smaller>**THE ONLY** production shot at OWC Studios was this student project in May 2018, just after OWC's first sponsorship deal for the facility had expired.</fs> <fs x-small>//Image/Axanar Productions//</fs>

<fs x-small>FEBRUARY 14, 2019<wrap indent> | </wrap><wrap indent> 3 MIN READ</wrap></fs>

====== Contradictory Details Emerge in OWC Sponsorship ======

**//Other World Computer Confirms Sponsorship Timeline, Throws Peters' Statements into Doubt//**
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===== OWC Sponsorship =====

Other World Computing said February 13 it sponsored what Alec Peters now calls Ares Studios for a year, with a six-month extension. That confirms [[axanar_confidential#sponsorship_extension|one claim]] by Peters but belies a few others made as he launched a [[https://www.patreon.com/aresstudios|Patreon campaign]] to pay for the facility.

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<fs smaller>**//See also: [[spurring_donations|Loss of Warehouse Spurs Donations]] and [[axanar_confidential|Contradictions Arise in Patreon, OWC Studios' Sponsorship]]//**</fs>
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==== Timeline ====

OWC's original [[owc_contradictions|sponsorship deal]] was for 12 months, running from May 2017 through April 2018. A six-month extension would've run from May-October 2018, just days before Peters held Axacon at what he still called OWC Studios even after the deal's expiration.

==== Separate sponsorship ====

OWC also donated equipment and offered production support for the Axanar film under a separate agreement.

[{{ :owc_studios_macsales.png?300|**FORMER OWC STUDIOS**  Other World Computing confirms how long it sponsored what's now called Ares Studios.}}]

==== Contradictory Statements ====

Peters' previous public pronouncements contradicted one another about when OWC ended its sponsorship, and how long he had been paying rent  and expenses for the warehouse.
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  * **January 18**: On the premiere of Reel Trek on YouTube, Peters claimed he'd been paying the rent for four months (i.e., since October 2018). As it turns out, OWC paid for October.
  * **January 21**: On Axanar: Confidential's premiere Peters claimed he'd been paying the rent for six months (i.e., since August 2018). OWC was still paying rent at that time.
  * **January 21**: In the same livecast, he claimed it was five months (i.e., since September). OWC paid for September and October.
  * **January 29**: Peters claims he's been paying studio costs for [[http://axamonitor.com/doku.php?id=production_update_3#self-funded_studio|two years]].
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==== Obfuscation ====

Months after OWC pulled out, Peters was still using the company's name. He also failed to disclose the end of OWC's sponsorship until needed — when he had to turn to fans to subsidize the warehouse.

[[axanar_confidential#peters_pattern|Failure to disclose]] has become Peters' typical behavior with regard to what could be considered bad news.

=== Term of Extension ===

The six-month extension was a detail that appeared in an [[axanar_confidential#sponsorship_extension|alternate pitch video]] never published on the Patreon page. 

The sponsorship was going great as late as [[reel_trek#still_very_happy|September 24, 2018]], according to Peters: "OWC Digital is still sponsoring the studio that bears their name, and they’re still very happy with what we’re doing."

Five weeks later, the extension of OWC's sponsorship expired.

=== Via Direct Message ===

OWC clarified its sponsorship timeline via its [[face>OWCmacsales/|MacSales Facebook]] page, in a direct message to Erick Pierce.

===== Further assistance to Peters? =====

 OWC declined to answer, saying, "We cannot disclose any financial details, unfortunately." {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}

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