Anyone else notice the new Terms of Use on jw.org? (page 3)

DATA-DOG

Come on, Nerds!!! Surely some of you cyber-dorks can skirt the WTBTS's security.

DD

Maybe the purpose is that you cannot copy from the jw.org website and then post that information elsewhere, so that no trace of evidence is left when the GB re-writes some of the past published information that gets edited because of some "new light" .... thus making "apostate" claims harder to prove.

Eden

insidetheKH

What do they mean by by saying... ?

you may not:

Use this website for any purposes related to marketing.

jwleaks

Maybe this is the sort of thing the Watch Tower Society is trying to stop...

http://goo.gl/iW3Dws

The above link should bounce you through a server in France and a local random IP address, then to a stripped back version of JW.ORG and the download page for the November issue of The Watchtower magazine.

Da.Furious

I think they are also targeting everyone who is producing apps, and selling them or getting revenue from ads; these guys are traceable.

But if a random user downloads a pdf publication and picks some quotes and/or small screenshots, they can’t do anything since this is considered fair usage especially if it is sourced. This is common practice everywhere.

I think everyone should start suing them for using other people quoted without properly sourcing them in their publications!

Da Furious

breakfast of champions

Ok. . . . so enforcing legal minutiae regarding downloading "intellectual property" is more important than spreading the message of gods kingdom earth wide?

Funny this should appear right after the "big campaign" ends.

Hmmmm. . . looking of the lds website and Vatican website, I don't see any such disclaimer. . .

. . . . it must be a sign the witnesses have the Truth!

suavojr

"The truth" is only for the few people they allow

Legal Notices

Copyright

This website is published and maintained by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. (“Watchtower”). Unless otherwise indicated, all text and other information on this website are the intellectual property of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.

Trademarks

Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, and the Acrobat logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. iTunes and iPod are trademarks of Apple Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective holders.

Terms of Use and License to Use Website

These Terms of Use govern your use of this website. By using this website, you accept these Terms of Use in full. If you disagree with these Terms of Use or any part of these Terms of Use, you must not use this website.

What constitutes proper use? You may view, download, and print copyrighted artwork, electronic publications, music, photos, text, videos (“Content”) from this website for your own personal and non-commercial purposes, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these Terms of Use. Hence, you may not:

Post Content from this website on the Internet (any website, file-sharing site, or social network);

Republish Content from this website with or as part of any software application;

Reproduce, duplicate, copy, or otherwise exploit material on this website for a commercial purpose or for money (even if no profit is involved), including the distribution of computer applications based on, connected, or linked (whether static or dynamic) to this website;

Access this site for the purpose of creating and distributing source code, tools, or techniques for conducting any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction, and data harvesting) on or in relation to this website;

Misuse the website or its services, such as interfering with or accessing the website or its services using a method other than what is explicitly provided;

Use this website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful purpose or activity;

Use this website for any purposes related to marketing.

Breach of Terms of Use

Without prejudice to Watchtower’s other rights under these Terms of Use, if you breach these Terms of Use in any way, Watchtower may take such action as Watchtower deems appropriate to deal with the breach, including suspending your access to the website, prohibiting you from accessing the website, blocking computers using your IP address from accessing the website, contacting your Internet service provider to request that they block your access to the website and/or bringing legal action against you.

Variation

Watchtower may revise these Terms of Use from time to time. Revised Terms of Use will apply to the use of this website from the date of the publication of the revised Terms of Use on this website. Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.

Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A., without regard to conflict of laws provisions. Any legal action relating to these Terms of Use shall be brought in a state or federal court having jurisdiction in the State of New York, U.S.A.

Severability

If a provision of these Terms of Use is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void, invalid, unenforceable, or illegal, the other provisions will continue in effect. Failure of Watchtower to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute or be construed as a waiver of such provision or the right to enforce such provision.

Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and Watchtower in relation to your use of this website, and supersede all previous agreements in respect to your use of this website.

opusdei1972

DOES IT MEAN THAT WE CAN'T QUOTE PORTIONS OF THE TEXT OF JW.ORG ?

WHAT ABOUT FAIR USE?

wannabefree

Obviously, Watchtower is run by attorneys.

Perhaps it is their way of incorporating Rev 22:19 to their intellectual property.

It is God's Organization after all, and He isn't one te be mocked, so, I suppose we could expect His website to have warnings about punishment for misusing it.

stuckinarut2

Isn't it strange that they will happily use the legal entities and courts of this "wicked world" to prove their point or fight their case.

Yet these self same legal courts will also be fought against when they choose as well?

Hypocrites!

Anyone else notice the new Terms of Use on jw.org?