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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 ====
  
 --> Why is Axanar getting sued?# --> Why is Axanar getting sued?#
-Basically, CBS and Paramount allege Axanar is illegally using their Star Trek copyrights for their own direct financial benefit. You can read a full summary of their reasons in this [[summary of the lawsuit]].+Basically, CBS and Paramount allege Axanar is illegally using their Star Trek copyrights for their own direct financial benefit. The judge's preliminary ruling summarizing the plaintiffs' allegations, Axanar's defenses and the court's decision [[fair_use_denied|is here]].
  
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 --> Axanar says they're totally non-profit.# --> Axanar says they're totally non-profit.#
-[[Axanar Productions]], Inc., is a registered for-profit corporation in the state of California. You can look it up yourself [[http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/|here]]. \\+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.))+{{::axanar-nonprofit.jpg?|}} \\ 
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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.)) \\ 
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 +Those activities are now expressly prohibited by the studios' new fan [[cbs_guidelines|production guidelines]].
  
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 Yes. According to the spending report in the Axanar Annual Report 2015, Revised, [[Alec Peters]] and other Axanar Productions staff were paid salaries. Peters' annual salary totaled $38,166.57, plus payment of his $3,099 dues to the actors' union, SAG-AFTRA.(({{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|Axanar Annual Report, 2015, Revised}}, p. 9, 12/15/15.)) \\ Yes. According to the spending report in the Axanar Annual Report 2015, Revised, [[Alec Peters]] and other Axanar Productions staff were paid salaries. Peters' annual salary totaled $38,166.57, plus payment of his $3,099 dues to the actors' union, SAG-AFTRA.(({{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|Axanar Annual Report, 2015, Revised}}, p. 9, 12/15/15.)) \\
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-All told, Axanar paid out $118,428.88 in salaries from the money raised in its [[Axanar Kickstarter Details|second Kickstarter]] campaign.(({{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|Axanar Annual Report, 2015, Revised}}, p. 9, 12/15/15.))+All told, Axanar paid out $118,428.88 in salaries from the money raised in its [[Axanar Kickstarter Details|second Kickstarter]] campaign.(({{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|Axanar Annual Report, 2015, Revised}}, p. 9, 12/15/15.)) \\ 
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 +Under the new fan [[cbs_guidelines|production guidelines]], any such payments are now prohibited.
  
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 --> Is actor Tony Todd still in 'Axanar'?# --> Is actor Tony Todd still in 'Axanar'?#
-No. He left the project in September 2015 but the production didn't acknowledge this until December. In a [[tony todd|series of tweets]], he expressed concerns about Axanar's continuing production delays and accountability for its crowdfunding.+No. He left the project in September 2015 but the production didn't acknowledge this until December. In a [[tony todd|series of tweets]], the veteran Star Trek actor expressed concerns about Axanar's continuing production delays and accountability for its crowdfunding.
  
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 === Axanar's Own FAQ === === Axanar's Own FAQ ===
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-Axanar has published its own Frequently Asked Questions on its website. We've reproduced it on **AxaMonitor** [[axanar_website_faq|here]].+Axanar has published its own Frequently Asked Questions on its website. We've [[axanar_website_faq|reproduced it]] on **AxaMonitor**.
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