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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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-<wrap lo>**io9 GOT IT WRONG** The pop culture website's 10-year retrospective got most things about the Axanar/Star Trek copyright lawsuit wrong. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[i09_wrong|Read more »]] (Filed 1/18/18)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**BIGGEST STORIES** What are AxaMonitor's top Axanar stories from 2017? A year after the copyright infringement lawsuit was settled, Axanar was still making news. We count down the past year's Top 10 stories. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[2017_top_10 |Read more »]] (Filed 1/1/18)</wrap> 
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-[[december donor update|{{:donor_update.jpg?720&nolink|}}]] \\ 
-<wrap lo>**ROSY PICTURE** OWC Studios head Alec Peters sent donors an update describing healthy progress toward making the Axanar short films allowed under the CBS-Paramount lawsuit settlement, gliding over the production’s personnel and financial obstacles. A fact-check of Peters’ claims shows otherwise. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[december donor update|Read more »]] (Filed 12/13/17)</wrap> 
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-[[hunt_resigns|{{:peters_hunt.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
-<wrap lo>**PATTERN OF DECEIT?** Bill Hunt (right), co-writer of the never-to-be-produced //Axanar// feature went public with his resignation in November right after its director did, but he actually left the project in July — news Alec Peters kept from donors. It's something Peters did before with actor Tony Todd's departure. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[hunt resigns|Read more »]] (Filed 11/3/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo><wrap em>TWO DOWN</wrap> Director Robert Meyer Burnett has resigned from the Axanar film, bringing to an end another chapter in the beleaguered project, leaving it apparently rudderless. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[burnett_resigns|Read more »]] (Filed 11/2/17)</wrap> 
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-[[prelude_redux_2|{{:no_enterprise.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
-<wrap lo>**NEW FAN EDIT** of //Prelude to Axanar// has been released by a pseudonymous editor. The first version was taken down by OWC Studios head Alec Peters, who is completely eliminated from the new edit, which also features new visual  and sound effects. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[prelude redux 2|Read more »]] (Filed 11/3/17)</wrap> 
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-[[soundtrack_pulled|{{:author-author.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
-<wrap lo>**MERCHANDISE PULLED** Axanar merchandise, including the Prelude to Axanar soundtrack and a variety of patches, suddenly went ‘Out of Stock’ after a report the online seller appeared to have doctored a promotional image. The Author, Author! website scrubbed nearly every reference to Axanar from its product catalog. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[soundtrack pulled|Read more »]] (Filed 11/02/17)</wrap>  
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-[[defamation_backfire|{{:harassment-claim.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
-<wrap lo>**HUNDREDS ABANDON** Facebook fan groups controlled by OWC Studios head Alec Peters after he posts unsupported and possibly defamatory allegations of stalking and sexual harassment by an Axanar critic. The accusations came a day after **AxaMonitor**'s story about Axanar merchandise sales. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[defamation_backfire|Read more »]] (Filed 10/31/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**ACTOR'S IMAGE USED TO MOVE MERCH** Star Trek actor Tony Todd, who left //Axanar// citing problems with its financial accountability and repeated production delays, complained about a Dragon*Con fan table selling merchandise using his image that could only have come from Alec Peters. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[todd dragoncon|Read more »]] (Filed 9/2/17)</wrap> 
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-[[nonprofit_abandoned|{{:tony-christian-prelude-bts.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
-<wrap lo>**NONPROFIT NO MORE** Axanar abandons its effort to become a charitable organization, and its spokesman admits it could "take years" before supporters ever see the promised two, 15-minute Axanar episodes permitted by the lawsuit settlement. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[nonprofit_abandoned|Read more »]] (Filed 9/1/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**FAN FILM ACADEMY** CBS grants New Voyages' James Cawley a license to operate a training school for people to make Star Trek fan films on his Original Series sets, an unprecedented move that broadens legitimate usage by fans of Star Trek's copyrighted property. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[fanfilm_academy|Read more »]] (Filed 8/5/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**CAST A PALL** 'Prelude' actors cast doubt on Alec Peters' legal threats over blooper reel. And Peters may have lost actor Gary Graham, who reportedly said he now wants to "stay well clear" of Axanar after it threatened the credibility of his career. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[prelude actors bloopers|Read more »]] (Filed 7/20/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**DAILY CRITIQUE** In this exclusive **AxaMonitor** interview, meet pseudonymous blogger Kate Stark, who's behind the insightful scene-by-scene critiques of the leaked //Axanar// script at "Axanar: The Sporkings." {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axanar sporking|Read more »]] (Filed 7/8/17)</wrap> 
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-[[script release|{{:axanar-script-leak.jpg?direct|}}]] \\ 
-<wrap lo>**AXANAR SCRIPT LEAKED** After producer Alec Peters attacked him on Facebook, Axanar's former chief technologist retaliated by posting a copy of the script that led to the copyright lawsuit. Then the Internet reacted. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[script release|Read more »]] (Filed 6/28/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo><wrap em>CORRECTION</wrap> AxaMonitor corrects its report on the location of Axanar's new headquarters, as CEO Alec Peters prepared to leave the unused California studio into which he had poured three-quarters of a million dollars of fans' money. **ALSO**: An [[correction_editorial|editorial]] about being fooled by Peters' falsehoods. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[new studio|Read more »]] (Filed 4/26/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**PULLING UP STAKES** Axanar CEO Alec Peters announces he's moving operations to a new "studio" near Atlanta, his former base of operations. Also, what does the move portend for its nonprofit goals and effort to secure a federal tax exemption? {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[atlanta move|Read more »]] (Filed 4/18/17)</wrap></WRAP> 
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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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-[[takedown_analysis|{{:copyright-clash.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
-<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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