On 20/09/2011 10:59, Caduceus Books wrote:
interesting
precedent - thank you
> Greetings!
>
>>
>> Authorship of liber al, depends on who is judging,
>> if it ever came to court as a copyright issue I suspect they would
>> rule Crowley is the author and therefore the copyright holder
>> is due payment? I often wondered whether the current copyright
>> holders enforce copyright on this text and indeed some of the other
>> channeled writing.
>
> I believe I am right in saying that the question of the copyright of
> texts presented as being chanelled has been heard by a British court.
> I think it was a dispute between a publisher and a "psychic"
> associated with Bligh Bond, probably Marshall Jones Co. who published
> Hill of Vision (1919) and John Alleyne who produced the "automatic
> writings" presented in the book. I gather the court found that the
> scribe should be regarded as copyright owner, even if he or she
> maintains that they are not the actual author.
>
> However, the situation may be quite different in other countries.
>
> My best wishes
>
> Ben
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