Alec Peters is off the hook
In the most unlikely of events, the lawsuit from Paramount against Axanar is "going away":
http://io9.gizmodo.com/paramounts-lawsuit-against-axanar-productions-star-trek-1777959978
Excerpt from article:
Justin Lin was vocal about this. I still think Alec Peters is an arrogant twit, but this means that Axanar will be produced after all, and fans will be able to make their own films again. JJ Abrams also had something to do with this, from what I understand.
YAY!
In the most unlikely of events, the lawsuit from Paramount against Axanar is "going away":
http://io9.gizmodo.com/paramounts-lawsuit-against-axanar-productions-star-trek-1777959978
Excerpt from article:
At last night’s Star Trek fan event, the latest trailer for Star Trek Beyondwasn’t the only newsworthy event: J.J. Abrams announced that Paramount Pictures’ lawsuit against Axanar Productions was “going away.”
io9 was at the fan event, where Abrams noted that Star Trek Beyond’s director, Justin Lin, was outraged at the legal situation that had arisen:
“A few months back there was a fan film, Axonar, that was getting made and there was this lawsuit that happened between the studio and these fans and Justin, I’ll tell the story because he probably wouldn’t, was sort of outraged by this as a long time fan. We started talking about it and realized this was not an appropriate way to deal with the fans.
The fans should be celebrating this thing. Fans of Star Trek are part of this world. So he went to the studio and pushed them to stop this lawsuit and now, within the next few weeks, it will be announced this is going away, and that fans would be able to continue working on their project”
The fan film has been embroiled in legal issues since December when CBS sued it for “direct, contributory and vicarious copyright infringement.” In April, the Language Creation Society filed an amicus brief in the case, making the argument that the Klingon language isn’t copyrightable.
The reversal of fortunes is good news for Axanar, and for other Star Trek fan productions. “What it means for us is we can breathe again,” Jim Bray, the creator of Star Trek Anthology, noted. “We’ve been holding our breaths waiting for the other shoe to drop when it comes to all the other films.”
Justin Lin was vocal about this. I still think Alec Peters is an arrogant twit, but this means that Axanar will be produced after all, and fans will be able to make their own films again. JJ Abrams also had something to do with this, from what I understand.
YAY!