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  Here's PROOF that Charles Taze Russell Was NOT a Pennsylvania Freemason

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  no, charles taze russell was not a pennsylvania freemason!.

  this is the answer i received in a letter: .

  "after a search of our records, we determined that the three russell's were not members of our organization.

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  I met with a 32 degree Freemason, in current standing with the lodge, he was their grand master and has done several decades of research in their library. And was told personally , that until you get to the 33 rd degree you do not know what is above that degree, there could be a 1,000 degrees. There is a super secret elite group above 33 degrees that are known as the 'Elite-ists" The lower Mason's are not even aware of them or know who they are.

  The Freemason organization will not give out their names, degrees or positions. It is super secret with a death oath.

  The other Mason's nicknamed them the "White Hats"

  Back in the 1800's the Eliteists or 'White hats' all wore these. The member I talked to said that he has seen Russell's pyramid by his grave and told me that was a sign of great respect from the Mason's. The Mason's respect Russell because he started a wordwide religion from NOTHING and it is worth billions of $$$$ now.

  
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  Any fellow writer's or copyright lawyer's on here?

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  2. experiences

  i've run into a problem and have some questions..... i'm sure most of you have seen the video on jwstruggle's youtube channel regarding my book i wrote in 2002 and the problem with the elders on getting it published.

  well after my contract ran out in 2003, i retained all the rights and they told me that all left over copies would be destroyed except the few legal copies being sold on amazon, barnes & noble, alibris, etc.. so, because of the video someone asked about my book and i said that it was no longer available, they wrote back and told me it's all over the internet.. come to find out, a large canadian publisher bought out my original publisher in 2007 and 'accidently' downloaded the original file onto their computers and started selling my book [hard copies & digital] without a contract.. my question is, anyone know what the going asking price for a quiet settlement is for this type of thing?.

  i know i'm not dan brown or clive cussler and probably won't get millions, but i don't want to get short-changed either.. thanks.

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  JeffT: One good thing, the publisher admitted that my contract had expired in 2003, they bought the old publisher out in 2007, they admitted that they do not know how my book got downloaded & sent to the digital & warehouse distributors.

  But they have admitted guilt.
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  Any fellow writer's or copyright lawyer's on here?

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  i've run into a problem and have some questions..... i'm sure most of you have seen the video on jwstruggle's youtube channel regarding my book i wrote in 2002 and the problem with the elders on getting it published.

  well after my contract ran out in 2003, i retained all the rights and they told me that all left over copies would be destroyed except the few legal copies being sold on amazon, barnes & noble, alibris, etc.. so, because of the video someone asked about my book and i said that it was no longer available, they wrote back and told me it's all over the internet.. come to find out, a large canadian publisher bought out my original publisher in 2007 and 'accidently' downloaded the original file onto their computers and started selling my book [hard copies & digital] without a contract.. my question is, anyone know what the going asking price for a quiet settlement is for this type of thing?.

  i know i'm not dan brown or clive cussler and probably won't get millions, but i don't want to get short-changed either.. thanks.

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  One good thing, I am a member of 'Legal Sheild' so they got me into contact with the right attorney I needed. This is not an advertisement for Legal Sheild, but the $300+ a year has paid for itself many times over.
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  Any fellow writer's or copyright lawyer's on here?

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've run into a problem and have some questions..... i'm sure most of you have seen the video on jwstruggle's youtube channel regarding my book i wrote in 2002 and the problem with the elders on getting it published.

  well after my contract ran out in 2003, i retained all the rights and they told me that all left over copies would be destroyed except the few legal copies being sold on amazon, barnes & noble, alibris, etc.. so, because of the video someone asked about my book and i said that it was no longer available, they wrote back and told me it's all over the internet.. come to find out, a large canadian publisher bought out my original publisher in 2007 and 'accidently' downloaded the original file onto their computers and started selling my book [hard copies & digital] without a contract.. my question is, anyone know what the going asking price for a quiet settlement is for this type of thing?.

  i know i'm not dan brown or clive cussler and probably won't get millions, but i don't want to get short-changed either.. thanks.

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  Thank you everyone. I have hired a lawyer. Publisher was stupid enough to send me an email admittingguilt and it was an 'OH oops' accident. I do have a legal copyright in U.S.A. Book was published in 2002 with my name as the copyright owner.

  Copyright office has told me that the publisher's fine, if I file a claim can be anywhere from $700- $250,000

  I was just wanting to know what the going price is for a copyright infringement of this nature. My attorney doesn't want to tell me a figure at this point. He's hoping they'll want to quietly settle out of court without filing with the U.S copyright office.

  is asking for the $250,000 they might have to pay in fines out of line? Should I ask for more? I don't know.
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  Any fellow writer's or copyright lawyer's on here?

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've run into a problem and have some questions..... i'm sure most of you have seen the video on jwstruggle's youtube channel regarding my book i wrote in 2002 and the problem with the elders on getting it published.

  well after my contract ran out in 2003, i retained all the rights and they told me that all left over copies would be destroyed except the few legal copies being sold on amazon, barnes & noble, alibris, etc.. so, because of the video someone asked about my book and i said that it was no longer available, they wrote back and told me it's all over the internet.. come to find out, a large canadian publisher bought out my original publisher in 2007 and 'accidently' downloaded the original file onto their computers and started selling my book [hard copies & digital] without a contract.. my question is, anyone know what the going asking price for a quiet settlement is for this type of thing?.

  i know i'm not dan brown or clive cussler and probably won't get millions, but i don't want to get short-changed either.. thanks.

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  I've run into a problem and have some questions....

  I'm sure most of you have seen the video on JWStruggle's Youtube channel regarding my book I wrote in 2002 and the problem with the elders on getting it published. Well after my contract ran out in 2003, I retained all the rights and they told me that all left over copies would be destroyed except the few legal copies being sold on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Alibris, etc.

  So, because of the video someone asked about my book and I said that it was no longer available, they wrote back and told me it's all over the internet.

  Come to find out, a large Canadian Publisher bought out my original publisher in 2007 and 'accidently' downloaded the original file onto their computers and started selling my book [Hard copies & digital] without a contract.

  My question is, anyone know what the going asking price for a quiet settlement is for this type of thing?

  I know I'm not Dan Brown or Clive Cussler and probably won't get millions, but I don't want to get short-changed either.

  Thanks

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  I think that I could get my husband Df'd

  by ingimar in

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  2. friends

  there are some things that i wish the local congregation knew about my husband but i am not sure how to inform them.. my husband was a jw in a previous marriage but none of his family are jw's except for one half sister who he recently met for the first time.

  his ex wife is no longer a believer either and their three adult kids want nothing to do with the jw's.. i met my husband 8 years ago on eharmony.

  i should have been leary when he stated his religion as "christian".

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  Restraining order on the Elder
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  Update on Candace Conti case...

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  2. scandals

  it looks like candce's lawyer is pulling the same thing wtbt$ does.

  respondant did not file their brief on time:.

  http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/scheduledactions.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2025979&doc_no=a136641.

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  I knew they had at least 2 weeks until the deadline, because WTBT$ missed theirs also. Then when they did finally submit it it was too large for the clerk's office.
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  Another Newbie?

  by DJS in

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  2. friends

  i guess i'm a newbie.

  i've been reading (lurking) for a looooonnnnnggggg time, but have finally joined and this is my first post.

  my story is of course very similar to all the others.

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  Welcome DJS! Glad to have you here with us.
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  My name is Michael.

  by new hope and happiness in

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  2. experiences

  research has shown that " generally" the best way to challenge someone is to use their first name.

  to me being addressed by my name " michael" and addressing someone by their christian name is more friendly than using a title.

  i think it would also make it easier for elders to accept someones different point of view if they referrd to the brother by therir christian name.

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  Welcome to the forum Michael, glad to have you here with us!
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  Name Jehovah

  by allyouneedislove in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have a question regarding the name "jehovah".. is yahweh an english translation of the name?

  if not, and some say that we don't know exactly how it should be translated, what about the argument the wt makes regarding "we do not know how jesus' name was originally said either".

  other bible translations translate names like "jeremiah" from their original language.

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  Catholics themselves wonder why JW's/WTBT$ took an invented Catholic name for God, for their own organization:

  http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/is-gods-name-yahweh-or-jehovah