Theos-Talk Archives (May 2004 Message tt00095)

Netemara, Daniel, and all,
This issue of alleged plagerization seems to be perpetual and periodic 
since Blavatsky first authored
authored her works. A few years ago I asked of all the Authors, 
Scholars, on this list the question: 
What was the existent Statute of LAW in England and the USA for the 
period of 1875-91 that
established the Legal Obligation of "citing Source and Author Credits 
exhaustively." " The reason
being that I not having personal knowledge of any Statute in either 
country and the specific
wording thereof, wanted to know and, if possible read those Statutes 
that mediate and Govern
published works by any Author or User of extant resources. Since it 
is possible that there was not
a Legal Statute that forced Citation at the time I wanted to clear 
this up, relying on the ability of the
Authors and Scholars on this list to enlighten us all by providing 
that analytical proof. To this day
after asking the question there has been only the deafening silence of 
the wolves. No one responded,
none posted the extant Statute of either the USA or England. So if 
Blavatsky was not Obligated by
Statute to cite author and source by being bound over under the 
compulsion of a Statute of LAW,
then what remains is only the convention of an "understood" courtesy 
out of respect of a class
of Peers and no legal requirement to do so. New Laws are made on a 
regular basis here and in
England, and all Laws did not appear on the Seventh Day of Creation and 
that includes Author Citation.
So if the Authors and Scholars remain silent and provide not the proof 
what right Legally do they have 
to persist in acting so outraged?

John