MormonLeaks founders pay $15,000 to settle copyright suit with the Jehovah’s Witnesses

[Isabella]

The Truth and Transparency Foundation — the nonprofit group behind the controversial MormonLeaks website — has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit with the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

The settlement comes after the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, the publisher for the religious group, sued the nonprofit, alleging it violated copyright when it published Jehovah’s Witnesses’ educational videos on its FaithLeaks website.

The lawsuit alleged that the Truth and Transparency Foundation, run by Ryan McKnight and Ethan Dodge, published 74 copyright videos on its website. A post detailing the leak described the videos as content shown exclusively during annual conventions. Those who attempted to distribute or upload the videos were met with threats of a lawsuit if they didn’t take the videos down, the post says, which has included the Truth and Transparency Foundation in the past.

The nonprofit had said it intended to fight the lawsuit, asserting the release of the videos is covered under a constitutional right to free speech. But after fundraising efforts came up short, the group settled the lawsuit instead.

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2020/07/20/mormonleaks-founders-pay/

[Srecko Sostar]

Perhaps, after all, "spiritual food" from "JHVH table" is not free and available "for all people". 

WTJWorg is Company. Everything has to be paid for there. Either with voluntary contributions and work or through lawsuits. And "free speech issue" is something reserved only for WT lawyers to defend on courts. :))

Imagine Jesus which would not allow others to quote, cited him without his permission. Can you? Should you?

And GB+Helpers (with WT lawyers) should be role models to others (JW members first) to imitate their faith and works ... in suing other people because they replay (copy-paste) so-called  "Jesus's teaching" ??  :))

[Matthew9969]

So much for the watchtower spreading the good news by any means necessary. 

[Patiently waiting for Truth]

BUT THE GB STILL DON'T WANT TO PAY COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND THE GB STILL HIDE THE AMERICAN PAEDOPHILES IN THEIR CCJW ORG.  IT'S ABOUT TIME THE FBI WENT IN AND GOT THE DATABASE. 

THE GB AND THEIR LAWYERS ARE DISGUSTING IN WORD AND DEED. ALMIGHTY GOD WILL SOON SORT THEM ALL OUT.