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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: Are copyrights assets tha
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Date: Wed, 28 Jun 95 10:19:54 -0700
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noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring)

>In article wbarwell@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (William Barwell) writes:
>In article Hillel <gazit@lear.cs.duke.edu> wrote:
>
>>#It may cause the Co$ to lose the trial, but then Erlich will
>>#have to serve Miscavige with some legal papers to collect...
>
>>In article peter@petermc.demon.co.uk (Peter McDermott) writes:
>
>>>No, this can't happen. It was RTC that sued Erlich, not one of
>>>the Churches or Orgs. So Erlich gets his settlement from RTC.
>>>Given that they collect the copyright dough, in order to cry
>>>poverty, they'd have to admit that nobody was buying Dianetics
>>>or any courses.
>
>>Why can't RTC transfer all the copyrights to another
>>organization for $1, and then let Erlich collect this $1?
>
>Cause it is illegal.  Transferring assets to avoid payment of a
>legal judgement is not a good thing to be caught doing.
>
>Let's assume that RTC is the copyright owner for many of the high-level CoS
>materials (some say that CST is the owner, and RTC defends them).  Let's
>also assume that Dennis Erlich countersues RTC due to the irregularities of
>the raid on him, and further assume that he wins big time and is awarded
>substantial damages.  In the event that RTC tries to pull a "Wollersheim" on
>Dennis, that is, try to avoid paying the court award, can Dennis seize the
>copyrights as assets?
>
>Jon Noring
 
    I believe so, yes.
    
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