The claims in the e-mail sound like complete nonsense. There is no reason why Facebook and YouTube would 'co-operate' with the Watch Tower Society merely on the basis of people posting things Watch Tower 'doesn't like'. And there is no basis for claiming that JW elders would be allowed to 'count time' for following up on 'deviant' members.
Posts by Jeffro
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86Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users
by Londo111 infrom an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.
it seems that the wts legal dept.
has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.
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Will JW.ORG actually harm the WT Society Long Term ?
by flipper inmy son and i were discussing this yesterday over coffee.
since the wt society in previous years virtually demonized going on the internet at all for jw's - now wt leaders are doing a complete turn around or about face probably so as to " compete " or keep up with all the anti-jw websites that are out there to give the wt society point of view.. however- it very well may backfire on them as once people start doing google searches looking for jw.org it will bring up all the other websites dealing with any jw issues and in the privacy of their own homes out of curiosity i'm sure lots of jw's are going to want to check out some of these sites to see what all the " apostate " hoopla is all about.
i wonder how many jw's will do this and will it have an effect in opening more minds to other views ?
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Jeffro
Outlaw:
The WBT$ Intends on Becoming an Internet Provider..
baltar447:
Outlaw, you're really putting the tinfoil hat on with the ISP thing lol. No way they can afford to do that. It's probably some deal to cheapen their own infrastructure costs.
The documentation in question indicates that Watch Tower is acquiring a telecommunications company for the purposes of providing phone and data services for their new headquarters. There is no indication of a broader ISP arrangement.
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Cairns On Mars !
by metatron inhttp://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2006/109/spirit-rock-growth.htm.
sometimes it seems like the really cool stuff on mars is always in the distance.
maybe martian celts built it.
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Jeffro
Looks more like a single rock with a rough surface. Putting the picture next to something that is superficially visually similar is not a valid means of identification.
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JW daughter, sent me a check yesterday...
by jam inthis is the daughter that told me she will never shunn me.. this is the daughter that told me dad, i pray one day you.
will be sitting with us (her family) in the assembly, that one.
day i will come back.. it was a $100.00 check with big bold letters "love you"... i'm going to frame it, she knows i don't need it..she is.
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jgnat:
Let her know you framed it. That way you satisfy the wife (the money stays in their pockets) and you have a permanent reminder of her generosity and love.
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JW.ORG CAMPAIGN AN UTTER FAILURE!
by Dis-Member inthere are 7,782,346 active publishes in the world.. .
jw.org has received an estimated 7,639,900 visits over the last 30 days.
the number of visits differs from visitors (or unique visitors).
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Jeffro
Add to that the number of people on forums such as this one who visit the JW website to find fault with it or to confirm what others have said about inappropriate content. 'Visitors' to a site does not automatically mean 'support'.
It seems to me that this 'campaign' is not so much about only promoting their website, but also (and maybe mainly) to influence the method of getting to their website. They want people to go directly to their website, bypassing search engines that might return 'undesirable' results.
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Anyone else notice the new Terms of Use on jw.org?
by leaving_quietly ini first noticed it today... slides up at the bottom.
i wonder why they felt the need to do this?
this is just silly for a religious website..
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Jeffro
Despite the slightly alarmist picture of text above, 'JW leaders' always had 'strict legal control' of their copyright material, as is the case with all copyright owners. Motion picture corporations have long included 'legal threats' of prosecution for breach of their copyright, so the kind of statements in Watchtower's terms of use are not unique. The only unusual thing is the way attention is drawn to the terms of use in a manner not typical of websites.
(Why do people create lame pictures of text? And if you're going to do so, do a spell check first, and learn what apostrophes are for!)
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Anyone else notice the new Terms of Use on jw.org?
by leaving_quietly ini first noticed it today... slides up at the bottom.
i wonder why they felt the need to do this?
this is just silly for a religious website..
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Jeffro
JW GoneBad:
With all the above quoted opinions I like soo many others are at a loss.
The 'quoted opinions' are not particularly confusing.
'Fair Use' is a well-known principle of copyright law allowing for criticism, review, satire, and other usage of portions of copyright material. For this reason, there is no 'threat' to such usage.
The main focus of the 'terms of use' is on using copyright material from the site in exchange for money. The wording doesn't have any impact on typical fair use.
Creating a 'scraper' (software that selectively extracts content from a website) is precluded by the website's terms and conditions, and is not within the bounds of 'fair use'. It's not surprising that such activity might get blocked (though inability to access a site at some point doesn't necessarily 'prove' that an IP was 'officially banned').
Much of the content of their 'terms and conditions' is fairly standard. The disinction is their focus on threatening to block access to the site, and their unusual drawing attention to the terms.
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Anyone else notice the new Terms of Use on jw.org?
by leaving_quietly ini first noticed it today... slides up at the bottom.
i wonder why they felt the need to do this?
this is just silly for a religious website..
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Jeffro
Badfish:
You obviously haven't read the Bible. The Christian Greek Scriptures™ as well as numerous prophecies about JW.org™ in the Hebrew-Aramaic Scriptures™ clearly state that Jehovah doesn't allow anyone to quote from His official website on any other websites, or else His Holy Spirit™ will move His Earthly Organization™ to sue you.
The Bible evidence is overwhelming when it comes to proving the date January 23, 2008 - the holy date in which Jehovah's website would be launched. If we start with the date when JW.org was first registered, November 28, 1999, we come up with 2989 days between the site being registered and the launch date of the website, which is pretty darn close to 2520. Evidently, this proves that Jehovah's Spirit ™ is moving upon His website and its web designers.Obviously some typos there. Surely you meant:
You obviously haven't read the bible. The christian greek scriptures™ as well as numerous prophecies about JW.ORG™ in the hebrew-aramaic scriptures™ clearly state that jehovah doesn't allow anyone to quote from his Official Website on any other websites, or else his holy spirit™ will move his Earthly Organization™ to sue you.
The bible evidence is overwhelming when it comes to proving the date January 23, 2008 - the holy date in which jehovah's Website would be launched. If we start with the date when JW.ORG was first registered, November 28, 1999, we come up with 2989 days between The Site being registered and the launch date of The Website, which is pretty darn close to 2520. Evidently, this proves that jehovah's spirit ™ is moving upon his Website and Its web designers. -
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What Happened to the Religion I Left in 1995?
by JoshJeffries injosh here, new to the board.
glad to know this site is here.. i would not be writing this if it were not 2014. i was a ministerial servant and regular pioneer who left the jehovahs witnesses back in 1995/96, around that time.
i left suddenly, didnt fade away, just left when something clicked one day in my head during the morning shower and made me realize this religion wasnt true.
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HeyThere:
The New NWT also has several chapters removed as well without anyone noticing...crazy stuff!
Sure. If by 'several chapters', you mean 12 verses from John and 12 verses from Mark.
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Anyone else notice the new Terms of Use on jw.org?
by leaving_quietly ini first noticed it today... slides up at the bottom.
i wonder why they felt the need to do this?
this is just silly for a religious website..
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Jeffro
zed is dead:
They are obviously not talking about their logo, because their copyright request was denied.
Logos aren't generally protected by copyright. They are trademarked.
The JW.ORG trademark was denied because the site provides services (streamed audio and video) similar to those of JW Player.