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+ | ====== Fairness ====== | ||
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+ | <wrap lo>By [[user> | ||
+ | **AxaMonitor** editor \\ | ||
+ | March 14, 2016</ | ||
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+ | **A MONTH AGO** I launched **AxaMonitor**, | ||
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+ | It's got it all — corporate Goliaths vs. fannish Davids, a fight over " | ||
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+ | Axanar supporters just want their movie made — and they do see it as //their movie//. They took justifiable pride in their support of the first short film, the award-winning //Prelude to Axanar//, and are upset that CBS and Paramount Pictures, the owners of Star Trek, are trying to shut down the feature film, //Axanar//. | ||
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+ | **THEY DON'T SEE** this lawsuit as an attack on copyright infringement, | ||
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+ | I was accused the other day on Twitter by //Axanar// director [[Robert Meyer Burnett]] of being " | ||
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+ | **YESTERDAY ON** Facebook, another person criticized the negative slant of the news and commentary items posted each day on the **AxaMonitor** [[start|home page]]: | ||
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+ | > Just from looking at the front page, there is a definite view against Axanar and prejudice shown. … The wording is not neutral but shows a bias against all those involved in Axanar. I had journalism in college and read, parse and look . Although the author states no bias he write with it. [sic] | ||
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+ | The poster cites three examples. First, the highlighted heading below "shows bias for the plaintiff." | ||
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+ | The second, below, which links to an offsite blog, she says, exhibits "bias in verbage [sic]." | ||
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+ | And finally, the "Night of Long Knives" | ||
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+ | Let's examine each of these in turn. | ||
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+ | Remember, first of all, that a lawsuit is inherently an adversarial process, so each pleading is naturally going to reflect that, and so will a news story reporting on it. Second, the slug, " | ||
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+ | Given that Alec Peters admitted Axanar infringes((Paramount et al., v. Axanar et al., amended complaint, p. 9 ¶43.)) (though he didn't specify to what extent, just "less than others" | ||
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+ | Advocates for CBS, for example, could point to possible bias in my use of the word ' | ||
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+ | With these short items on the home page, I'm trying to distill an entire article into basically one sentence, whose objective is to get readers to click to read the full text. I deliberately use more provocative words in order to interest people to click through and get the fuller, more nuanced discussion of the topic. | ||
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+ | ==== 'Phony Fair Use?' ==== | ||
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+ | Regarding the alleged bias in the second example, frankly, I don't quite understand what's meant by 'bias in verbiage.' | ||
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+ | Also, believe me, I have searched long and hard for reasoned opinion pieces that support Axanar' | ||
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+ | ==== 'Night of Long Knives' | ||
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+ | With regard to the third example, I'm willing to plead slightly guilty to [[wp> | ||
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+ | Also, I will admit that the historian in me was curious how many people would actually get the reference. Most Godwin' | ||
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+ | ==== My Actual Bias ==== | ||
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+ | Finally, I will add that what bias I do have is stated up front: **AxaMonitor** is intended to show what's at stake in this case; and the stakes are high, both for the individuals named (and yet to be named) in the suit, and for copyright holders battling for what the Constitution and federal law offers them — exclusive control over their own intellectual property. | ||
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+ | My other bias is for fan films in general — fan productions are how I got started in my career. This case definitely poses a threat to continued fan productions and so I do look for and spotlight news and commentary that address issues that could hurt fan films. | ||
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+ | Please do not conflate Axanar with all fan films — a term Axanar publicly disdained for itself(([[http:// | ||
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+ | I speak regularly to Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden, and I have encouraged him to point out for me any unfair or inaccurate content on the site. He told me he is confident I would give any of his feedback a fair hearing.((Email from Mike Bawden to Carlos Pedraza, 3/6/16.)) | ||
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+ | In conclusion, I'd urge Axanar supporters to consider where their own biases may lie. There' | ||
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+ | Thanks for your consideration. {{: | ||
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