"A Gathering Storm" is going to be coming for Axanar...

I'm sure by now most people have heard about Axanar's latest project having finally been released in the last two weeks. However, it hasn't gone unnoticed by Paramount.

First of course it started with Youtube getting a DMCA notice & they took Axanar: A Gathering Storm down. Now the version being hosted on Axanar's website is being targeted as well.

Under the fan film guidelines that were agreed upon & settled upon, Alec Peters & the people responsible for Axanar were allowed to do two 15 minute parts that totaled 30 minutes & they could include the existing actors from Prelude to Axanar. Peters was also allowed to release it to youtube as long as he did it for free.

There have been some violations on both sides however.

1. Axanar was allowed to host it on Youtube, but Paramount still did a DMCA on it and got it taken down.

2. Axanar agreed to two 15 minute segments which is part of the Fan film guidelines. "A Gathering Storm" has a runtime of 20-21 minutes.

3. Axanar also agreed to use the existing actors from "Prelude to Axanar", without using any other existing Star Trek alumni. They violated this with the inclusion of Faran Tahir as the Prime universe version of Captain Richard Robau.

4. I think the biggest reason this became an issue is that they held a promotion for it at theater during San Diego Comicon, which is a violation of them agreeing to no big promotions for it.

Overall, I expect this to grow bigger over the coming weeks, especially as Alex is now making a big deal over it.