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  Crisis of Conscience- World Wide Cease & Desist

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  http://www.commentarypress.com/copyright/.

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  https://youtu.be/fdzzl453drq.

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  StarTrekAngel: Wow... they seem more interested on protecting someone else;s copy rights, than the countless lives this book can save.

  That is a red herring.

  Thousands (myself included) exited the Borg long before this book was ever published. And long before the WWW made it easy to copy and pirate material.

  There are many, many resources available that "save lives". To put this book in the category of "must have or die" is being unrealistic and it is only an excuse.

  Please, do not insult the intelligence and hard work of those who lives were "saved" by other authors and resources.

  And yes...the protection of the copyright is critical. The copyright isn't just there to protect profit - it exists to protect the integrity of the work in question. Not just the integrity of the author - but also to protect those words from being altered or omitted or added to.

  A copyright ensures genuineness. It is not just about monetary value - it is about the integral value of originality.
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  Article: As religious group cashes in, former councilman lashes out

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20151217/blogs04/151219858.

  as religious group cashes in, former councilman lashes out.

  by erik engquist .

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  OrphanCrow

  From the link that defenderoftruth provided:

  But now the Jehovah’s Witnesses are reaping those benefits on their way out the door without giving back to the neighborhood that fueled its fortunes.

  And that sums up everything vile about the WTS and the JWs that I have such a lack of respect for.

  Taking and not giving back - such self centered myopic behaviour. So typical of everything they do, even in their personal lives. That top down mentality is passed on and is often expressed by a lot (not all) of the r&f themselves.

  Greedy bastards.

  
  
  
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  Ray's Books. And Copyrights!

  by DwainBowman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the copyright owner has posted a message on the internet, and can be found below!.

  ray franz.

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  OrphanCrow

  ... embarrassing and makes the exjw community look like idiots...

  You are absolutely right about that. I have been so disappointed in the idiots who refuse to acknowledge that there are laws that exist and with their refusal to acknowledge those laws.

  I have dealt with my frustration and disappointment by (rightly or wrongly) attributing it to their upbringing inside a cult that does the exact same thing. Ignores the law just for their own selfish gain. And, the lack of comprehension of some people who claim that they read Deborah's message is astounding.

  It truly is embarassing to be an observer of these levels of ignorance. But...I keep hoping that the cult cloak will drop at sometime for those people.

  This IS the world - it is the way it operates. We are no longer captive to those cultic self-centered thoughts if we so chose to educate ourselves.

  
  
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  Ray's Books. And Copyrights!

  by DwainBowman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the copyright owner has posted a message on the internet, and can be found below!.

  ray franz.

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  jookbeard: I've never heard in all my life a book being taken out of print ...

  So...right here is the basic problem. People just don't comprehend what it is that they read.

  The book was NOT "taken out of print". It wasn't in print. The copyright violations stood in the way of it being put back into print.
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  Ray's Books. And Copyrights!

  by DwainBowman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the copyright owner has posted a message on the internet, and can be found below!.

  ray franz.

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  boc: I did read the post. I don't understand why this person doesn't have the ability to publish the book and fight the copyright/bootlegging battle at the same time.

  That is why Deborah hired a lawyer and followed the advice that the lawyer gave her.

  You said you read the post - but she explains in there why she couldn't publish the book while she was fighting against piracy. No publisher wants to pick up a book to publish while there are copyright infringement battles going on.

  The reason this book has not been available is because of the copyright infringements to begin with.

  Don't blame the copyright holder - blame those who disrespected the copyright.
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  Ray's Books. And Copyrights!

  by DwainBowman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the copyright owner has posted a message on the internet, and can be found below!.

  ray franz.

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  OrphanCrow

  Raymond Franz was a man of integrity. Every one of us should rightly honor his memory by treating his books with integrity.

  Yes!

  That is exactly what many of us were saying.

  Integrity. Now THAT is what copyright protects. And what a shame that Cynthia passed on without resolution.
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  Dear Syrian Refugees

  by Simon in

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  welcome to canada from one immigrant to another !.

  calgary is welcoming it's first refugees from syria and iraq so tomorrow i'm going to take all the winter clothing that we have and donate it to a women / children's charity.

  it's not much (well, actually, it's a huge pile ... everything from when we first moved over!

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  bobold: I may add from 1800 t0 1960 Canada brought in millions of refuges from all over the world and all accepted our values and laws. So what has changed.
  Remember the RCMP turban,air India,honour killings do these people accept our values.

  So, what is your point?

  That WE did not accept the values of the people who were here before we arrived?
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  Battle over contamination at Watchtower site in Warwick

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.recordonline.com/article/20151214/news/151219671.

  battle over contamination at watchtower site in warwick.

  by hema easley .

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  sir82: Who exactly is the WTS retaining to give them legal guidance on real estate matters - Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe?

  Eh...I think that the WTS gets their advice from real estate gurus.

  It appears that the college that was supposed to built there (Touro College of Oesteopathic Medicine) was built in Harlem instead. Oh...and by the way...not sure if this has any bearing...Lorenz Reibling, et al., has investments in Harlem - which go up in value with a nice college like that situated there.

  There is much that goes on behind closed doors in the real estate world. Much.
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  Battle over contamination at Watchtower site in Warwick

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
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  http://www.recordonline.com/article/20151214/news/151219671.

  battle over contamination at watchtower site in warwick.

  by hema easley .

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  OrphanCrow

  I found out who the WTS bought the Warwick property from:

  ...Devine described it as originally built 50 years ago for the International Nickel Co. (now known as INCO) for its research and development division. The company closed that division in 1983.
  Since then it has been owned by King’s College, which had received approvals for its plan to develop a 1,600-student campus there; and then by Touro College.
  “We actually bought it from Touro College,” Devine said last year.
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  Battle over contamination at Watchtower site in Warwick

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.recordonline.com/article/20151214/news/151219671.

  battle over contamination at watchtower site in warwick.

  by hema easley .

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  OrphanCrow

  Prior to beginning construction, the WTS was well aware that the Warwick site had soil contamination.

  From the 2009 Final Scoping Document:
  

  E.2.e. Potential soil contamination; the applicant desires to reference potential soil contamination information from the previously approved DEIS for The King’s College. An Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) was performed by The Kings College and some of the noted areas of concern were mitigated. Further work was done on the site by Touro College under their ownership. Another ESA was performed for Watchtower when the property was purchased. To some extent, the current information disclosed in the ESA should be referenced in this section. The ESAs should be included in an Appendix to the DEIS and the location of any remaining areas of concern should be shown on a plan included in the document. Any additional mitigation should be noted in section E.2.i.

  From the 2012 Findings Statement:
  

  An Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) conducted on the site indicated a number of areas of concern including former underground storage tanks, potential subsurface contamination due to waste sewerage piping, potential subsurface contamination due to filter sand beds from the sewage treatment plant in a nearby wooded area, the sewage treatment plant, a former drum storage area and potential subsurface contamination due to historic operations at the former INCO facility. There are four areas of potential soil contamination contamination that are identified on the site. Each of these four areas will be remediated prior to the start of site construction.