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 ====== Frequently Asked Questions ====== ====== Frequently Asked Questions ======
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 Here are the most **frequently asked questions** asked about the Axanar [[copyright infringement|copyright]] [[lawsuit]], with answers as documented in **AxaMonitor**. Please submit new questions. You can use the [[feedback|Send Feedback]] link in the lefthand navigation bar on any **AxaMonitor** page. Here are the most **frequently asked questions** asked about the Axanar [[copyright infringement|copyright]] [[lawsuit]], with answers as documented in **AxaMonitor**. Please submit new questions. You can use the [[feedback|Send Feedback]] link in the lefthand navigation bar on any **AxaMonitor** page.
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 +<wrap lo><wrap em>NEEDS UPDATE</wrap> Since the [[lawsuit|copyright lawsuit]] has been [[axanar_settles|settled]] this page requires updated information. This notice will be removed when the page has been updated. Please use the "Send Feedback" link on the lefthand navigation bar if you're looking for information that does not appear here.</wrap>
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 ==== Lawsuit ==== ==== Lawsuit ====
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 At the time of its crowdfunding effort, and the entirety of the copyright lawsuit against it, [[Axanar Productions]], Inc., was a registered for-profit corporation in the state of California. On February 27, 2017, a month after the lawsuit was settled, Axanar amended its claimed status to a "public benefit corporation."  You can look it up yourself [[https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/|here]]. However, as of June 3, 2017, the California attorney general's database of charitable organizations continued to list Axanar's nonprofit status as "[[http://rct.doj.ca.gov/Verification/Web/Details.aspx?result=7a316379-b7c1-4ba7-ad40-dc91e79c098a|not registered]]."  \\ At the time of its crowdfunding effort, and the entirety of the copyright lawsuit against it, [[Axanar Productions]], Inc., was a registered for-profit corporation in the state of California. On February 27, 2017, a month after the lawsuit was settled, Axanar amended its claimed status to a "public benefit corporation."  You can look it up yourself [[https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/|here]]. However, as of June 3, 2017, the California attorney general's database of charitable organizations continued to list Axanar's nonprofit status as "[[http://rct.doj.ca.gov/Verification/Web/Details.aspx?result=7a316379-b7c1-4ba7-ad40-dc91e79c098a|not registered]]."  \\
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 While its Star Trek films //Prelude to Axanar// and //Axanar// will have been made available for free, Axanar Productions is alleged by CBS and Paramount to have [[summary of the lawsuit|commercially exploited]] Star Trek copyrights for Axanar's "[[fan_films_breaking_the_unwritten_rules_and_defining_profit|direct financial benefit]]" through such means as [[merchandise|merchandising]] and salaries for producers and other staff.(({{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|Axanar Annual Report, 2015, Revised}}, p. 9, 12/15/15.)) \\ While its Star Trek films //Prelude to Axanar// and //Axanar// will have been made available for free, Axanar Productions is alleged by CBS and Paramount to have [[summary of the lawsuit|commercially exploited]] Star Trek copyrights for Axanar's "[[fan_films_breaking_the_unwritten_rules_and_defining_profit|direct financial benefit]]" through such means as [[merchandise|merchandising]] and salaries for producers and other staff.(({{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|Axanar Annual Report, 2015, Revised}}, p. 9, 12/15/15.)) \\