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 ====== Endgame II: The Settlement ====== ====== Endgame II: The Settlement ======
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 +<wrap lo>**Editor's Note**: //Hollywood producer Lukas Kendall posted an essay on TrekBBS in April whose summary on// **AxaMonitor** //became one of our most popular opinion pieces. "[[endgame|Endgame]]" examined the constraints preventing quick resolution of the Axanar copyright lawsuit — constraints, he writes in this latest essay, that continue to bedevil efforts to resolve the case.//</wrap>
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 Actually, not really. Deep Throat never said that. William Goldman said that — he made it up as dialog for the [[wp>Deep_Throat_(Watergate)|movie]]. But it stuck. Among other things, it's often accurate. Follow the money, you find the truth. Actually, not really. Deep Throat never said that. William Goldman said that — he made it up as dialog for the [[wp>Deep_Throat_(Watergate)|movie]]. But it stuck. Among other things, it's often accurate. Follow the money, you find the truth.
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-===== Why No Settlement? ===== 
  
 Why didn't we see a [[settlement_conference|settlement]] Friday? I think, in this rare instance, we should take Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] at his word: he could not make a version of Axanar that [[settlement_conference|pleases the donors]] under the terms offered by [[CBS]] and [[paramount_pictures|Paramount]]. Why didn't we see a [[settlement_conference|settlement]] Friday? I think, in this rare instance, we should take Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] at his word: he could not make a version of Axanar that [[settlement_conference|pleases the donors]] under the terms offered by [[CBS]] and [[paramount_pictures|Paramount]].
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 That leaves the [[axanar_indiegogo_details|$575,000+ Indiegogo]] campaign. Take away 10 percent to Indiegogo. Take away 2016's rent of $15,000 a month to date. It's down to $300-400K — probably far less. That leaves the [[axanar_indiegogo_details|$575,000+ Indiegogo]] campaign. Take away 10 percent to Indiegogo. Take away 2016's rent of $15,000 a month to date. It's down to $300-400K — probably far less.
  
-[{{ ::klingon-tobias-richter-vfx.jpg?300|**HIGH QUALITY** visual effects by Tobias Richter soaked up a significant amount of //Axanar//'s budget. <wrap lo>//Graphic/Axanar Productions//</wrap>}}]+[{{ ::klingon-tobias-richter-vfx.jpg?350|**HIGH QUALITY** visual effects by Tobias Richter soaked up a significant amount of //Axanar//'s budget. <wrap lo>//Graphic/Axanar Productions//</wrap>}}]
  
 They've continued to sink money into the studio but, for inexplicable reasons, have yet to rent it out (probably because it still needs [[industry_studios#finishing the studio|more work]] before it's up to code and professional standards). They've continued to sink money into the studio but, for inexplicable reasons, have yet to rent it out (probably because it still needs [[industry_studios#finishing the studio|more work]] before it's up to code and professional standards).
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 I do not believe Axanar was ever a moneymaking venture. I do believe it was a massive creative ego trip, and the money was incidental. So I do not doubt Alec's sincerity about making the movie. I do not believe Axanar was ever a moneymaking venture. I do believe it was a massive creative ego trip, and the money was incidental. So I do not doubt Alec's sincerity about making the movie.
  
-But we also have enough of a track record on him and his shenanigans (like the [[https://businessbankruptcies.com/cases/propworx-inc|Propworx bankruptcy]]) that //he// will follow the money.+But we also have enough of a track record on him and his shenanigans (like the [[https://businessbankruptcies.com/cases/propworx-inc|bankruptcy]] of his company, Propworx) that //he// will follow the money.
  
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 And for me his play financially is to: And for me his play financially is to:
-  - Try the Hail Mary pass of winning the lawsuit, to make Axanar as a [[fair use]] "mockumentary" and fulfill his dream of making bootleg Star Trek indefinitely (won't work, but worth a shot). When this fails (maybe after [[http://axamonitor.com/doku.php?id=peters_second_life|appeal]], dragging it out another year):+  - Try the Hail Mary pass of winning the lawsuit, to make Axanar as a [[fair use]] "mockumentary" and fulfill his dream of making bootleg Star Trek indefinitely (won't work, but worth a shot). When this fails (maybe after [[http://axamonitor.com/doku.php?id=peters_second_life|appeal]], dragging it out at least another year):
   - Liquidate the studio — just walk away.    - Liquidate the studio — just walk away. 
   - Make a documentary about himself.   - Make a documentary about himself.