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-<wrap lo>**DISCOVERY ORDER** Just hours after a hearing, a federal magistrate ordered CBS and Paramount to give Axanar’s attorneys documents the studios had so far resisted turning over. But the defense won't get everything it asked for. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[discovery order|Read more »]] (Filed 10/21/16)</wrap>+<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>**DEFENSE GIVES UP** on disputed Star Trek copyrights in supplemental motions filed October 7, 2016, that opened a window behind the scenes of discovery in the Axanar copyright infringement case. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[supplemental_discovery|Read more »]] (Filed 10/9/16)</wrap>+<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>**AXANAR SPARRED** with CBS and Paramount Pictures about the studios turning over documents relating to Star Trek fan fiction, and 50 years of financial and copyright ownership records, filing a motion to compel discovery to force the studios to pony up. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[compel discovery|Read more »]] (Filed 9/30/16)</wrap>+<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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-[[industry_studios|{{:industry-studios.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ +[[takedown_analysis|{{:copyright-clash.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
-<wrap lo>**SHROUDED STUDIO** With the formal opening of the for-profit studio Alec Peters built using money supporters donated to produce //Axanar//, **AxaMonitor**‘s investigation into the companies behind the studio revealed a complete lack of transparency about who stands to financially benefit from the facility. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[industry_studios|Read more »]] (Filed 9/26/16)</wrap>+<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>**PODCAST FACT-CHECK** In the 40th episode of the Axanar podcast, producer Alec Peters finally confirms the completion of the production's financial audit, and that it's in the hands of CBS. We fact-check Peters' claims about the lawsuit, mission creep, //For the Love of Spock// and what he thinks of //Star Trek: Discovery//. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[podcast-40-fact-check|Read more »]] (Filed 9/28/16)</wrap> +<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>**ARE PERKS** any closer to being delivered to increasingly impatient donors? In his "Captain's Log," Axanar producer Alec Peters says yes. **AxaMonitor** fact-checks his claims. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[perks_fact_check|Read more »]] (Filed 9/27/16)</wrap>+<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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 +<wrap lo>**A GRIM CODA** to the story of Axanar's former California studio, abandoned after OWC Studios head [[Alec Peters]] ran out of donors' money: His former landlord died unexpectedly in January, after he had tried for months to find a buyer or tenant for the empty studio. That threw into confusion assurances Peters had given donors about future use of the facility. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[luh studios|Read more »]] (Filed 2/6/18)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**VENUE FOR VICTORY** Producer Alec Peters told attendees at a virtual scifi conference that Axanar's lawyers are already looking toward arguing their case in a court of appeals, and that the lawsuit may result in a very different-looking //Axanar//. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[peters second life|Read more »]] (Filed 9/26/16)</wrap>+<wrap lo>**REVERSAL OF FORTUNE** A federal judge refused to dismiss the copyright and trademark infringement case by the Doctor Seuss estate against Star Trek writer and Axanar advocate David Gerrold and his partners for their so-called Seuss-Trek mashup.  <wrap lo>[[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/lawsuit-mashup-star-trek-dr-seuss-gets-past-alpha-quadrant-1065929|Read at the Hollywood Reporter »]]</wrap> (Filed 12/8/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**LAWSUIT PORTRAYAL** We examine Axanar producer Alec Peters' portrait of the lawsuit — stalled settlement talks and betrayal by the studios suing him even after Star Trek producer J.J. Abrams and director Justin Lin proclaimed their support. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[state_of_axanar|Read more »]] (Filed 9/23/16)</wrap>+<wrap lo>**AXANAR MERCH FOR SALE** With the potential for hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue, an Alabama-based bookseller is selling merchandise she claims Alec Peters gave her for free — merchandise manufactured using money donors meant for production of the //Axanar// feature. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[author_author|Read more »]] (Filed 10/27/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo><wrap em>DEPOSITION DELAYED</wrap> Lawyers postponed Friday's deposition of //Prelude to Axanar// director Christian Gossett (center). The deposition was to have covered topics outlined in Gossett's subpoena, indicating what avenues the studios may pursue in the case. Meanwhile, Axanar's defense lawyer sought to represent subpoenaed witnesses. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[gossett-subpoena|Read more »]] (Filed 9/14/16) +<wrap lo>**AXANAR-BACKED FUNDRAISER RAISES QUESTIONS** A last-ditch campaign backed by Axanar to save a Canadian Star Trek museum successfully concludes amid questions about the CBS-licensed museum’s connections to Axanar, saddled with its own troubling crowdfunding and financial management past. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[trekcetera museum|Read more »]] (Filed 10/4/17)</wrap> 
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 +<wrap lo>**SECRET DOCUMENTS** Former chief technologist launches his controversial website, promising documents from Axanar's internal hard drives, revealing information about the ill-fated project's finances, unreported revenue, internal communication, visual effects and more. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[tinfoil fedora|Read more »]] (Filed 8/21/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**COMPANY SPAMS DONORS?** In a move that may have run afoul of laws and the terms of use of their online services, Axanar Productions appeared to have lent or sold its donor mailing list to another company to advertise an upcoming auction of props and costumes. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[propworx-email|Read more »]] (Filed 9/9/16)</wrap> +<wrap lo>**BLOOPERS LEGAL THREATS** Axanar producer Alec Peters threatens to have //Prelude// actors take legal action over a former staffer's planned release of a blooper reel aimed at Peters' amateur acting. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[blooper threat|Read more »]] (Filed 7/20/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**FROM THE ASHES** of failed fulfillment software to ship perks to its donors, Axanar informed donors it has launched a new platform it hopes will address its inability to maintain a database enabling the production to deliver the long-delayed items. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[new_ares_digital|Read more »]] (Filed 9/9/16)</wrap> +<wrap lo>**WIN SOME, LOSE SOME** Axanar creative consultant David Gerrold scores some points in the trademark and copyright infringement case brought by the Dr. Seuss estate. [[https://www.inc.com/erik-sherman/dr-seuss-company-sues-authors-over-seuss-star-trek.html|Read more at Inc. »]] (Filed 7/4/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**SUBPOENA ISSUED** Axanar’s former chief technologist, Terry McIntosh, has been served with a subpoena by lawyers for plaintiffs CBS and Paramount Pictures as their copyright infringement lawsuit proceeds against the fan production and its leader, Alec Peters. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[mcintosh_subpoena|Read more »]] (Filed 9/3/16)</wrap> +<wrap lo>**UNDISCLOSED POLL** results are used by Axanar CEO Alec Peters to justify diverting Indiegogo funds to new purposes, like moving Star Trek sets and setting up shop somewhere else after losing the costly studio fans' money had built but had never been used. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[moving survey|Read more »]] (Filed 4/17/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**CALL TO FIX GUIDELINES** A self-selected group of fans calling for a partial boycott of //Star Trek: Discovery// has submitted a "focus group" report to CBS and Paramount criticizing their fan film guidelines and calling for the studios to walk back restrictions on run times, hiring professionals and crowdfunding. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif|}} [[fanfilm_report|Read more »]] (Filed 8/26/16)</wrap> +<wrap lo>**INDIEGONEGONE?** Axanar's frustrating search for space to store its sets runs into burnt bridges with fan producers. And having lost his studio, Peters polls donors, hoping to divert the Indiegogo funds he raised to keep the studio to fund his relocation. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[starbase sets|Read more »]] (Filed 4/12/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**GRASPING FOR RELEVANCE** Jeremy Varner was as surprised as anyone by the upsurge of traffic last week when he posted his speculation //Star Trek: Discovery// had to be copying something from //Axanar//, granting relevance to Axanar supporters increasingly marginalized by the new TV series. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif|}} [[jeremy-varner|Read more »]] (Filed 8/25/16)</wrap> +<wrap lo>**VACATING THE PREMISES** Peters strikes a deal with his landlord, who's forgiving the rest of the lease so long as Axanar moves out of Industry Studios by the end of April. That hasn't stopped Peters from continuing to collect money from his foundering Indiegogo campaign despite the loss of the studio that was its centerpiece. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[studio move|Read more »]] (Filed 4/9/17)</wrap>
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-[[axanar-accusation|{{:daily-views-both-2.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ +[[indiegogo_halt|{{:industry_studios_the_first_fan-funded_movie_studio_indiegogo.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
-<wrap lo>**J'ACCUSE** Even as fan film //Star Trek–Horizon// pulled ahead of //Prelude to Axanar// on August 23, Axanar accused //Horizon//'s creator of buying YouTube views. Producer Tommy Kraft said the charge "reeks of nothing more than pure jealousy." {{:axamonitor-ico.gif|}} [[axanar-accusation|Read more »]] (Updated 8/23/16)</wrap> +<wrap lo>**SOUND AND FURY** Axanar's crowdfunding initiative to save Industry Studios lacks a crowd. At the halfway mark in his Indiegogo campaign, CEO Alec Peters' lackluster promotional efforts have kept former supporters away.  {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[indiegogo halt|Read more »]] (Filed 4/4/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**FACT CHECKING** Axanar producer Alec Peters' new captain's logs, we examine his claims regarding the copyright suit it faces from CBS and Paramount, his doubts about the ownership of Star Trek and whether //Axanar// was ever truly "just a fan film." {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[captains-log-facts|Read more »]] (Filed 9/22/16)</wrap>+<wrap lo>**A WEE COMIC** For the duration of Axanar's attempt on Indiegogo to get Star Trek fans to continue to pay for the operations of its beleaguered studio, we're publishing a daily webcomic trying to offer an incisive look at the effort, which needs $200,000 to begin to put the soundstage on a sound financial track. [[https://axamonitorcomic.wordpress.com|Read more »]] (Filed 3/26/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**SUSPICIOUS TWEETS** sparked two of **AxaMonitor**'s Top 10 stories in August-September 2016, as upstart //Star Trek–Horizon// rapidly approached //Prelude to Axanar//‘s viewership. Plus, we finally got a little peek behind the scenes of CBS/Paramount’s copyright lawsuit against Axanar. Also: Our other site stats and Top 10 Tweets. [[axam>top_articles&rev=1474162010|The countdown »]] (Filed 9/17/16)</wrap>+<wrap lo>**NO MORE KICKSTARTER**  After Axanar's delayed Kickstarter pitch video leaked, producer Alec Peters announced a last-minute switch to Indiegogo for a 30-day campaign to pay for its' studio rent. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[kickstarter pitch|Read more »]] (Updated 3/17/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**BUYING VIEWS** Following Axanar's controversial accusation against //Star Trek–Horizon//, this **AxaMonitor** <wrap em>Explainer</wrap> describes what "buying YouTube views" really means, how it's done, how much it costs and what's really at stake. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif|}} [[buying-youtube|Read more »]] (Filed 8/22/16)</wrap>+<wrap lo>**PETERS ASSERTS COPYRIGHT AGAINST FAN EDIT** In an ironic turn, Alec Peters issued a takedown against a pseudonymous fan-edit of //Prelude to Axanar// that cut his appearance as Garth of Izar. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[prelude fan edit|Read more »]] (Filed 2/15/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**LITTLE PROGRESS** In settlement talks, CBS and Paramount Pictures appear unwilling to cede any kind of business arrangement that would allow Axanar to move forward, executive producer Alec Peters said on August 16 — the first public hint about the state of negotiations in the lawsuit. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif|}} [[settlement-progress|Read more »]] (Filed 8/17/16)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**MOST SUCCESSFUL FAN FILM** Suddenly on August 7, dozens of seemingly unrelated Twitter accounts all spouted the exact same tweet pointing people to //Prelude to Axanar//'s page on YouTube. No one's saying why, but the reason may have to do with an upstart's threat to Axanar's claim to be the most successful Star Trek fan film ever. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif|}} [[dummy_tweets|Read more »]] (Filed 8/8/16)</wrap> +<wrap lo>**MEET THE EDITOR** who recut //Prelude to Axanar//, shaving off four minutes and eliminating controversial producer Alec Peters. Learn what's behind the fan edit. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[fan edit interview|Read more »]] (Filed 2/15/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**GAG ORDER?** The Star Trek Las Vegas convention supposedly issues a ban on discussing fan films, though it appears the restriction may have been tied to the copyright lawsuit against Axanar. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif|}} [[gag-order|Read more »]] (Filed 8/7/16)</wrap>+
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-<wrap lo>**DONOR MONEY IN ESCROW?** A surrogate for Axanar producer Alec Peters disputes reports that the production is out of money, claiming all donor funds are in an escrow account, raising questions about how Axanar is remaining afloat. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axanar_finances|Read more »]]  (Filed 7/5/16)</wrap>+<wrap lo>**FROM THERE TO HERE** TrekZone’s Matthew Miller and AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza team up in a three-part podcast to examine the past, present and future of fan films in the wake of the settlement of Axanar's copyright infringement lawsuit. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[trekzone history|Read more »]] (Filed 2/11/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**WHY IT MATTERS** that Tommy Kraft's fan film, //Star Trek–Horizon//, is set to overtake //Prelude to Axanar// on YouTube. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif|}} [[horizon-matters|Read more »]]</wrap>+<wrap lo>**PUBLIC DONATIONS APPEAL REMOVED** Axanar removes its website's donation link and language portraying it as a nonprofit—just a cosmetic change? {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[plea removed|Read more »]] (Filed 2/6/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**AFTERMATH** Following the release by CBS and Paramount of production guidelines, two dozen stunned and fearful fan producers assess the devastating impact of the new restrictions on their shows. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[guidelines_aftermath|Read more »]]</wrap>+<wrap lo>**PUBLIC APPEAL FOR PRIVATE DONATIONS** Is Axanar's website publicly building a private email list as an end run around fundraising prohibited by the terms of its lawsuit settlement? Also, Alec Peters named a new financial reviewer who may have a conflict of interest. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[bailey committee|Read more »]] (Filed 1/28/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**WHO'S THREATENED?** In a new interview with Australia's TrekZONE Spotlight, **AxaMonitor** editor Carlos Pedraza recaps the Axanar news of the past few months with host Matthew Miller. Among the topics: Whether the copyright lawsuit against Axanar threatens any fan production other than Axanar. [[https://youtu.be/5k6IjH3u3-M|Watch here »]] (Filed 8/17/16)</wrap>+<wrap lo>**AXANAR SETTLES** After an eleventh-hour flurry of negotiations with its January 31 trial looming, producer Alec Peters came to an accord with CBS and Paramount that ends the year-long copyright battle. Something like //Axanar// will be allowed but under CBS' restrictive fan film guidelines. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axanar settles|Read more »]] (Filed 1/20/17)</wrap>
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