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endgame_2 [2016/11/05 19:56] – [Axanar's Real Problem] layout fix Carlos Pedrazaendgame_2 [Unknown date] (current) – external edit (Unknown date) 127.0.0.1
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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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 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.