The last thing he said was that the Society has to have people looking carefully at all auctions for Watchtower material to make sure their copyright is not being violated and to look for stolen books.
What a load of shit.....Copyright is generally defined as, " literally "the right to copy" an original creation. In most cases, these rights are of limited duration. The symbol for copyright is ©, and in some jurisdictions may alternatively be written as either (c) or (C).
If I have an old book by Brother Russell or Rutherford and I decide to sell it on eBay, I have no violated any "copyright" because I haven't copied anything---I'm simply selling previously owned literature. The only way their copyright would be violated is if someone say photocopied the entire book/booklet etc. that was less than 60 years old, and then attempted to sell it on eBay.
This is just another attempt at damage control by the Society. They desperately are trying to keep "Old Light" out of the public's eye for obvious reasons----it's very embarassing. I find it incredible that they're this frigging paranoid though......good lord, if I want to see some of their embarassing quotes, i'll just look it up on FreeMinds. As for "stolen books", I find that rather hilarious. First of all, why would anyone 'steal' literature out of the Hall when it's given away for free? Unless of course, they're talking about the secret Elder's Manual which has made the rounds........Even so, their paranoia over stuff like this is ludicrous.......
Dummies.