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 +<fs smaller>**AXACON ADVENTURES** In a November 11, 2018, interview on Alpha Waves Radio, AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza recounts his experiences trying to cover Axacon, Axanar’s fan convention, from which he was barred before invited to sit in on a trivia contest. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axacon alpha waves|Read more »]] (Filed 2/9/19)</fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**BETA TESTING** has begun, finally giving the troubled Ares Digital 3.0 a launch timeline. Axanar producer Alec Peters predicts launch by end of February. That timeline puts wheels in motion to begin to raise the $200,000 needed for the Axanar short films fans have been waiting years for. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[ares digital launch|Read more »]] (Filed 2/11/19)</fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**POKEY PATREON** In the face of his lagging Patreon, Axanar producer Alec Peters concedes giving up his current warehouse "is the right move," and is preparing for a move to a much smaller facility nearby to house Axanar and Ares Studios. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[pokey patreon|Read more »]] (Filed 2/9/19)</fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**DOUBLE DUTY** Axanar's future depends entirely on the troubled software platform, Ares Digital. Its version 3.0b is in public beta testing, and producer Alec Peters says the software will have to manage delivering donor perks and raising money for //Axanar//. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[ares digital beta|Read more »]] (Filed 2/8/19)</fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**SOUND AND FURY** Bile, bluster and vulgarity on display on //Axanar: Confidential// results in a short-lived boost to Alec Peters’ flagging Patreon campaign, as new donors and pledges crawl to a halt. Meanwhile, Peter is on track for losing his large "Ares Studios" warehouse in favor of a fan-funded smaller warehouse nearby. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[sound fury|Read more »]] (Filed 2/8/19)</fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**DENOUNCING DETRACTORS PAYS OFF** Axanar producer Alec Peters and blogger Jonathan Lane discover bashing "irrelevant" critics sparks an uptick in their moribund effort to keep the warehouse they call Ares Studios. Plus, Axanar's pricetag goes up even as the films' delivery moves further away. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axanar confidential 3|Read more »]] (Filed 2/5/19)</fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST** Axanar Public Relations Director Mike Bawden resigned weeks ago amid litigation threatened by producer Alec Peters against the film's former director, Robert Meyer Burnett. As is his habit, Peters chose to not disclose this latest departure of key personnel to donors. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[bawden resigns|Read more »]] (Filed 2/2/19)</fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**PATIENCE FOR PATCHES** In his latest Axanar Production Update, producer Alec Peters reveals there's still several hurdles to jump over before //Axanar// can go into production; he won't be raising any money to make the short films until he first delivers Indiegogo contributors the patches they ordered four years ago. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[production update 3|Read more »]] (Filed 1/31/19)</fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**CBS RELAXES GUIDELINES** After months of reworking following a brush with CBS over violating its fan film guidelines, British fan film //Temporal Anomaly// finally debuts, attracting notice for its 51-minute running time thanks to dispensation by Star Trek’s owner. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[temporal anomaly|Read more »]] (Filed 2/3/19)</fs>
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 +[[patreon progress|{{::ares_studios_patreon.numbers-2.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
 +<fs smaller>**GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS** Jonathan Lane tries to buck up sullen Axanar supporters asked to donate to Alec Peters' Patreon to keep Ares Studios afloat. Meanwhile, the campaign has slowed dramatically since it launched. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[patreon progress|Read more »]] (Filed 1/28/19)</fs>
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 +[[axanar_confidential|{{:axanar_confidential.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
 +<fs smaller>**DOESN'T ADD UP** Contradictions continue to crop up in Axanar producer Alec Peters' explanation for how Other World Computing came to end its sponsorship of the Georgia warehouse he's dubbed Ares Studios. The inconsistencies come amid a slowdown in pledges to the Patreon that Peters is counting on to keep his warehouse afloat. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axanar confidential|Read more »]] (Filed 1/27/19)</fs>
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 +[[reel_trek|{{:reel_trek_patreon.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\
 +<fs smaller>**PLANNING FOR THE WORST?** Just when did OWC pull out of supporting Alec Peters' Georgia studio? What's threatening the Ares Studios Patreon effort to raise $4,000 a month for the rent? And guess whose warehouse is already listed as available for lease? {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[reel trek|Read more »]] (Filed 1/21/19)</fs>
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 +**PATREON PLEA** Having lost his corporate sponsorship from Other World Computing, Axanar producer Alec Peters is making a $4,000 a month funding plea on Patreon to keep his Georgia warehouse afloat as he works to establish the facility as a working studio. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[ares patreon|Read more »]] (Filed 1/19/19)</fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**CONTRADICTION** After a Star Trek writer was named as a potential link between the Tardigrades videogame on the Steam platform in 2015 and //Discovery//, **AxaMonitor** has found records showing the writer wasn't a member of Steam at the time. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[tardigrades_third_complaint|Read more »]] (Filed 1/16/19)</fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**FIRST HURDLE** Before the case can move forward, the federal judge in the copyright infringement case by Tardigrades developer Anas Abdin challenged his lawyers to come up with evidence that the creators of //Star Trek: Discovery// had ever seen his plans for the unpublished game. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[tardigrades_steam|Read more »]] (Filed 1/8/19)</fs>
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 +<wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> **THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM?** Tardigrade lawyers signal they’re preparing to file a third amended legal complaint in the copyright lawsuit against //Star Trek: Discovery// after CBS attorneys sought to meet with the judge to lay out their grounds for dismissing the case. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[tardigrades_pre_motion|Read more »]] (Filed 12/5/18)</fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**BATTLE OF THE BLOGGERS** Trekzone’s Matt Miller and Fan Film Factor’s Jonathan Lane square off in the first of three hour-long podcasts. We sum up and analyze their first debate on the impact and history of Axanar.  {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axanar_debate_1|Read more »]] (Filed 12/12/18) </fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**SECOND DEBATE** focuses on AxaMonitor as the cause for Star Trek fans' rift. Plus, a defense of the Axanar lawsuit.   {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axanar_debate_2|Read more »]] (Filed 12/18/18)</fs>
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 +<fs smaller>**FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS** in the Tardigrades copyright case against //Star Trek: Discovery// warrant dismissal, argues a CBS/Netflix attorney. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[breakdown_dismissal_letter|Read more »]]  (Filed 12/5/18)</fs>
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 <fs smaller>**DESTROYING DISCOVERY**: The latest on the Tardigrades copyright lawsuit against CBS and Netflix. The game developer suing over //Star Trek: Discovery// wants all the profits and every copy destroyed, and a federal judge approves a 30-day extension for the networks to respond to the suit. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[tardigrade october|Read more »]] (Filed 10/31/18)</fs> <fs smaller>**DESTROYING DISCOVERY**: The latest on the Tardigrades copyright lawsuit against CBS and Netflix. The game developer suing over //Star Trek: Discovery// wants all the profits and every copy destroyed, and a federal judge approves a 30-day extension for the networks to respond to the suit. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[tardigrade october|Read more »]] (Filed 10/31/18)</fs>
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 <wrap lo>**EXPLORING AXANAR** AxaMonitor presents its analysis of Axanar's recent donor memo, financial report and new Indiegogo campaign in the form of a kids' book, "Think of the Children." A Starfleet cadet and his commanding officer go on an adventure to learn about Axanar. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[think children|Read more »]] (Updated 3/22/17)</wrap> <wrap lo>**EXPLORING AXANAR** AxaMonitor presents its analysis of Axanar's recent donor memo, financial report and new Indiegogo campaign in the form of a kids' book, "Think of the Children." A Starfleet cadet and his commanding officer go on an adventure to learn about Axanar. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[think children|Read more »]] (Updated 3/22/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**UNSOUND STAGE** A close look at the long-delayed and thin so-called independent report on Axanar's finances. Also: What's behind the delayed crowdfunding launch on behalf of Axanar's soundstage — which turns out to not even be soundproofed. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[studio-financials|Read more »]] (Filed 3/9/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**CORPORATE SECRETS** AxaMonitor has obtained documents revealing Axanar’s corporate structure, exposing its surrogates’ false statements and facts previously obfuscated by its spokesman. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[statement-information|Read more »]] (Filed 3/6/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**ACCOUNTING FOR AXANAR** On the eve of the release of Axanar's long-delayed so-called financial review, insider accounts shine a spotlight on a growing number of questions about producer Alec Peters' management and financial practices. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[financial concerns|Read more »]] (Filed 3/6/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**WILL THE TAKEDOWN HOLD UP?** In the wake of its own copyright infringement troubles, Axanar ironically claims copyright protection against the fan edit of //Prelude to Axanar//. An AxaMonitor analysis of the YouTube takedown of //Prelude: Redux//. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[takedown analysis|Read more »]] (Filed 2/18/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**SETTLEMENT AFTERMATH** Many loose threads remain in the aftermath of the settlement of Axanar's copyright lawsuit, including whether producer Alec Peters admitted he ran afoul of copyright law and if its director would stay on. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[settlement aftermath|Read more »]] (Filed 1/26/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**PETERS' INEXPERIENCE** as a film producer caused constant behind-the-scenes trouble in the development of //Axanar//, co-writer Bill Hunt said in a deposition submitted as evidence in the upcoming copyright infringement trial. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[hunt peters|Read more »]] (Filed 1/20/17)</wrap> 
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