Critics are still free to attack the Watchtower. Have at it. There is much to criticize. Just be smart about it. How they approach matters is evident. Do not give them grounds to use the law and they won't use it.
Posts by vienne
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35Anyone know a link to the leaked music video the cult is so upset about?
by mickbobcat ini have been hearing the cult is upset that this video leaked and is trying to remove it off the net.
lol are they really that stupid?
but if anyone has a link to the video i would love to see it.
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Anyone know a link to the leaked music video the cult is so upset about?
by mickbobcat ini have been hearing the cult is upset that this video leaked and is trying to remove it off the net.
lol are they really that stupid?
but if anyone has a link to the video i would love to see it.
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vienne
Dio, having an opinion different from yours does not make me a troll. You do not like it that someone can stand up to your nonsense. Your reasoning is faulty on several grounds. Freely sharing work does not cancel copyright and it does not give anyone else the right to misuse it or use it without permission. You may want it to be so. But it is not so in law. Disagreeing with you does not make me a troll. Your response shows you have no refutation only ad hominem.
Many authors share their work 'for free' though contests and giveaways. That's especially so among those published independently or by a 'small press.' Doing so does not cancel copyright. You hate the Watchtower. That's fine. But this issue extends past the Watchtower. It is a creator's right to within the law protect their intellectual property. That you wish it was not so in the Watchtower's case does not change that. Stealing another's work for your own ends is immoral and it is theft. Do you support theft?
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Anyone know a link to the leaked music video the cult is so upset about?
by mickbobcat ini have been hearing the cult is upset that this video leaked and is trying to remove it off the net.
lol are they really that stupid?
but if anyone has a link to the video i would love to see it.
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vienne
copyright infringement isn't about 'owning' the material. It's theft. It's use of someone else's work for your own ends. It's morally wrong.
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Anyone know a link to the leaked music video the cult is so upset about?
by mickbobcat ini have been hearing the cult is upset that this video leaked and is trying to remove it off the net.
lol are they really that stupid?
but if anyone has a link to the video i would love to see it.
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vienne
mick, exactly which suit did Watchtower lose? You mean the darkspilver thing? Was that about a song?
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Anyone know a link to the leaked music video the cult is so upset about?
by mickbobcat ini have been hearing the cult is upset that this video leaked and is trying to remove it off the net.
lol are they really that stupid?
but if anyone has a link to the video i would love to see it.
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vienne
I'm not a troll. Copyright is a legal device settled in the US Constitution to protect intellectual rights. Write a book? Or produce music? Hopefully you get paid. Others steal it? They take your rights and any money you may make from it.
Watchtower violating someone else's copyright does not erase the importance of copyright law.
Do you have a link to the Chariots of Fire issues? Was there a lawsuit? I would like to know more.
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Anyone know a link to the leaked music video the cult is so upset about?
by mickbobcat ini have been hearing the cult is upset that this video leaked and is trying to remove it off the net.
lol are they really that stupid?
but if anyone has a link to the video i would love to see it.
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vienne
It's not stupid to vigorously defend a copyright. My mom had to do that. Pirating intellectual property is theft.
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Hamburg Court Decision
by vienne inwatchtower v. anti-cult organization sponsored by russia and france.. https://bitterwinter.org/fecris-sentenced-in-germany-for-defaming-jehovahs-witnesses/.
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vienne
Watchtower v. anti-cult organization sponsored by Russia and France.
https://bitterwinter.org/fecris-sentenced-in-germany-for-defaming-jehovahs-witnesses/
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144000 and the great multitude
by cmaymann inhellow.
i am studying some material about jehovah’s witness – and i wonder why they think, that the 144.000 from rev 7 should be in heaven, and the great multitude should be on earth.
can anyone give me some argument for this opinion?.
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Do YOU Think Biden Actually Won As President?
by minimus inor do you think trump actually won???
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vienne
Democrats have been stealing elections since 1864. When they can't win by theft, the riot. Think the NYC Draft Riots by Catholic Democrats who murdered Blacks and set them on fire.
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Watchtower takes parody poster to court.
by Lost in the fog inanother youtube presenter falls foul of the wt society's legal team.
the watch tower copyright lawsuit targets creator of "dubtown" lego animations.
https://www.toptutorials.co.uk/watch-tower-copyright-lawsuit-targets-creator-of-dubtown-lego-animations-torrentfreak/.
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vienne
I have mixed feelings. yes, parody is protected. It should be, even if we do not like the result. Copyright infringement makes my teeth chip. Live by the rules. My mom's now out of print novel was copied to a torrent download site. That harmed what money she made from the book. It was very difficult to end that problem. Bits of Uncle B's work were copied entire to a Polish blog site. Quoting is okay, allowed by US law at least. Stealing an entire section is not.
Say your piece. Don't like the Watchtower, fine. Live by the rules. There is nothing one can say about the Watchtower, true or false, that would surprise anyone. And personally I do not care what another thinks about them. But live within the legal rules or pay the price.
If the Dubtown creator crossed the line, it is his fault, not the Watchtower's.
I would resent my work being misused. The Watchtower watches carefully for the misuse of their material even by their 'friends.' Just do not cross legal lines, and criticize all you want. We all know what the Watchtower's reaction will be if we cross that line. We shouldn't moan and groan if someone does and suffers the consequences, and we shouldn't be surprised.