Inside the world of fan filmmaking, where lovers of 'Star Wars' and 'Star   
   Trek'    
   play:   
      
   "“There’s a lot of talk online about: ‘What is a fan film?’ ” said   
   Robert Meyer    
   Burnett, who is set to direct “Axanar” if it ever gets made. “A lot of   
   people    
   are saying, ‘Well, a fan film needs to be made in your parents’ basement   
   by a    
   bunch of friends.’ I don’t know where that notion even comes from. As    
   technology has gotten exponentially better, if you’re clever and you employ    
   real production methodologies, you can make something to rival what you see in    
   television and the movies. But the difference will always be that what fan    
   filmmakers are doing is given away for free.”   
      
   Although some see “Axanar” as a David-and-Goliath battle for a form of   
   creative    
   expression that should be protected under fair use, others regard it as a    
   legally questionable overreach that threatens the entire world of fan films."   
      
   See:   
      
   http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-comic-con-f   
   n-filmmaking-20160713-snap-story.html   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)