{"id":42653,"date":"2016-02-01T11:10:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T19:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=42653"},"modified":"2016-02-01T11:12:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T19:12:02","slug":"axanars-peters-speaks-about-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2016\/02\/axanars-peters-speaks-about-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Axanar’s Peters Speaks About Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

A month ago, CBS Corporation <\/em>and Paramount Pictures Inc<\/em>. filed a copyright infringement suit against Alec Peters<\/strong> and his Axanar<\/em> production and Peters is speaking out about the suit.<\/p>\n

Axanar<\/em> is a cut above the usual fan-produced movie, said Peters. “There’s a reason why Prelude to Axanar <\/em>and Axanar<\/em> look like professional movies, because we have professionals working on them,” he said. “These are professionals. They do this for a living. They’re not fans who are voice actors, or Elvis impersonators who have a hobby and have always wanted to play Captain Kirk. That’s not to knock fan films. I’m just saying, if you want volunteers, you get a certain quality. You want professionals? You’ve got to pay for them. It’s real simple.”<\/p>\n

Peters believes that the reason they were targeted was due to this professional quality of the production. “It’s real simple,” he said. “Because of our quality. “Star Trek Continues<\/em> is a fan film. Amateur actors, beautiful sets, well-done photography. But it’s a fan film. There’s no way you take that for a real TV show. Star Trek: New Voyages<\/em>? Fan film. It looks good \u2014 well directed \u2014 but no one’s ever going to take that for a network TV show.”<\/p>\n

According to Paramount and CBS<\/em>, Star Trek<\/em> is a “treasured franchise in which CBS<\/em> and Paramount<\/em> continue to produce new original content for its large universe of fans. The producers of Axanar<\/em> are making a Star Trek<\/em> picture they describe themselves as a fully professional, independent Star Trek<\/em> film.<\/p>\n

“Their activity clearly violates our Star Trek<\/em> copyrights, which of course, we will continue to vigorously protect.”<\/p>\n

But Peters thinks that since they “violate CBS<\/em> copyright less than any other fan film,” CBS <\/em>and Paramount<\/em> shouldn’t have gone after them. “Star Trek Continues <\/em>and Star Trek: New Voyages<\/em> violate more than we do,” he said. “Axanar<\/em> doesn’t call itself Star Trek<\/em> anymore, nor does it use iconic characters like Kirk, Spock and McCoy.<\/p>\n

“We don’t use the chevron. We don’t use the uniforms you’re used to seeing. We don’t use (the Original Series) bridge or sets. Those two productions are entirely copyright infringement.”<\/p>\n

It’s probable that raising over a million dollars caught the attention of Paramount<\/em> and CBS<\/em> too, but Peters believes that since other productions have raised money and have not been sued, Axanar<\/em> should not have been sued either. [They] “already said that it’s OK, basically, letting these guys go,” said Peters. “Star Trek Continues<\/em> has raised $400,000, and you haven’t said anything about that. Star Trek: Renegades<\/em> has raised $800,000, and they use characters from the original too…They waived their rights because they let this go on for so long.”<\/p>\n

Peters also claims that tacit approval was given by CBS<\/em> as long as they didn’t “make any money off of the project.”<\/p>\n

Two legal teams are defending Peters, while Axanar<\/em> production has been halted pending the outcome of the legal process. Peters believes that he has a strong case and that CBS<\/em> and Paramount<\/em> will be accommodating to Axanar<\/em>. “What we’re hoping for is a settlement,” he said. “We definitely don’t want to have to go into litigation, and that’s just a road…it’s one that we’re prepared for, but we don’t want to be doing. The best way to make Axanar<\/em> is to reach a settlement with Paramount\/CBS<\/em> and see where it goes from there.”<\/p>\n

More of Peters’ comments can be found at the referring site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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