by qwerty 55 Replies latest watchtower bible
The software and the documents stored on the disk are all copyrighted by them. They have every right to restrict redistribution of the CD contents.
Why are you all so shocked that they would have these kind of 'restrictions' in the user agreement? Have you read the user agreements on other commercial software? There is nothing out of the ordinary here.
No Apologies
If you buy MS office 2003, never open it can you sell it? Not the same for WT library 2003!
If you work for someone do they request the employee manual back upon termination? Ask about the copyright on the "flock"
book given to elders or the pioneering book given to pioneers!
I got a kick out of this one:
: Who may have a copy of Watchtower Library? Watchtower Library is a research tool for Jehovah's Witnesses, not for the public or for institutions such as schools or libraries.
Except for the KMs, just about everything else in that CD ROM is crap dubs were told to sell to the PUBLIC in the first place! Why would the WTS NOT want other people to use their crap for research, since it is all "Bible-Based(tm)."
Maybe its because the WTS doesn't want researchers to know how much crap their crap contains.
Farkel
Why are you all so shocked that they would have these kind of 'restrictions' in the user agreement?
Because this good news of the kingdom shall be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all nations and then the end will come.
Copying this CD and the contents will speed things up a bit.
If you buy MS office 2003, never open it can you sell it? Not the same for WT library 2003!
Where did you read this?
No Apologies
Why are we so surprised that they protect their copyright?
Well, it is because they claim that they are not a commercial enterprise, and that their material is not published for the purpose of making a profit. Their material is published for the purpose of distributing God's word of truth. They claim that they "give life's water free".
If this is true, why not encourage people to copy and distribute their material?
The reason, of course, is that they are not God's spokesperson. They are simply a publishing company masquerading as a religion.
Thanks for your comments everyone. Only just got back to the board, sorry!
Runningman - Exactly my point, thanks.
No Apologies
The software and the documents stored on the disk are all copyrighted by them. They have every right to restrict redistribution of the CD contents.Why are you all so shocked that they would have these kind of 'restrictions' in the user agreement? Have you read the user agreements on other commercial software? There is nothing out of the ordinary here.
There should be no restrictions if they want all mankind to have the same access to their literature. I guess they are scared to many undesirables "Apostates" and Bible scholars will pull the WT writings to bits, like what's been done in the past with books in paper format. Now technology can put thousands of electronic books on CDROM, making it easier to cross reference in seconds.
I fink they are a little nervous who gets their hands on the WTCDROM.
Qwerty
Okay, if they catch you violating their copyright they can sue you for the profit they miss from your action ...
It also makes it very easy to compare the printed copies with the CD looking for discrepencies. And, of course, it makes beans work much easier!
Jens, sorry GermanJW
LOL, good point!
