Theos-Talk Archives (April 2010 Message tt00044)

Tabloid journalism would be a sorry theosophical activity, a new low to strive for I suppose.  Maybe next theosophists could try opening other people's mail, or rummaging through their garbage cans.  

Myself, I tend to respect people's property and their privacy.  Property is inherently personal, ie it belongs to a person.  I don't have a problem with that, those that do will, in time, hopefully mature and learn otherwise.

It isn't about embarrassment nor blah blah blah - those are hardly the real issues involved, but I can understand why those angles are up to bat (proposed,) but it's a meddlesome (and kind of socialistic) venue at best for manipulating our reasoning regarding individual rights.

The internet is as yet, perhaps, still most closely akin to the Wild West; I tend to agree that it's in everyone's best interest to strive towards improving its civilization, not lessening it.        


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:
>
> Everyone should be law abiding as for copyright and every other issue and I
> never suggested that anyone should break any laws.
> 
> At the same time, it is necessary to understand how to work within the law
> and yet make our comments and opinions known world-wide without breaking the
> law.
> 
> In my msg, I was also bringing attention to the fact how, from time to time,
> copyright law was misused attempting to suppress unfavourable or
> embarrassing material, usually political in nature, from coming out in the
> open. This is done by many people and theosophists are not exempt -- should
> we remind the famous comment in one of the Masterâ??s letters that the human
> nature is the same everywhere. If we are careful about what we write in
> private, then any disclosure is not going to hurt the writer or writerâ??s
> reputation. Of course many have learnt the bitter lesson by personal
> experience.
> 
> 
> MKR
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:25 PM, esapress@... <esapress@...>wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Copyright (so on) laws; these matters do seem to come up every couple of
> > years. I think in part it is simply because many people are unfamiliar with
> > the publishing industry a/o its actual and accountable standards.
> >
> > Still, it is not reasonable to skirt these laws nor is it reasonable to
> > encourage or condone the use of other people's property without their
> > permission - in addition, such intent or types of activities, theft,
> > plagiarism, piracy and infringement, for example, could hardly be reasoned
> > as an advancement for or activity towards Universal Brotherhood.
> >
> > He asked for your permission, that is correct; which is hardly a platform
> > to suggest that these laws should (or do) somehow work otherwise.
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>, MKR
> > <mkr777@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Copyright and some of the messages on theos-talk
> > >
> > > A theosophist from Europe, while privately discussing theosophy on
> > Internet,
> > > made a comment that they would like to use some of my messages in their
> > > local language sites and was concerned about copyright issue.
> > >
> > > Copyright is owned by the person who wrote the material. Its purpose is
> > > primarily to protect the commercial use of the material by someone else
> > to
> > > make a profit, thus depriving the earnings that are due to the copyright
> > > holder. Of course, anyone can quote from any copyrighted material as part
> > of
> > > a critique. You can Google and understand the various issues surrounding
> > > copyright.
> > >
> > > I clarified that any and all postings of mine on theos-talk can be used
> > by
> > > anyone in any manner without worrying about copyright. I would like to
> > see
> > > the material broadcast as widely as possible since the messages are meant
> > to
> > > further the welfare of everyone.
> > >
> > > In the past, we have seen copyright principle mis-used by people trying
> > to
> > > suppress information that may be damaging to their reputation or suppress
> > > politically sensitive information, which may have nothing to do with the
> > > commercial side of the copyright protection.
> > >
> > > Theosophists are not an exception to this. More educated one is, more
> > likely
> > > to (mis)use the copyright club, which generally does not help in the long
> > > run. Any material put in writing is bound to come out sooner or later and
> > > can bite the bottom of the writer to his/her embarrassment.
> > >
> > > As this issue may be in the minds of readers, especially in other
> > countries,
> > > I thought to share the above.
> > >
> > >
> > > MKR
> > >
> > > There is no religion higher than Truth
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
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