Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: Chris was right! wron Message-ID: <9506281600.0MHK301@support.com> References: Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35/PRIMP 1.56p Distribution: world Date: Wed, 28 Jun 95 16:00:26 -0700 Lines: 44 Neal Pendleton >On 27 Jun 1995, Hillel wrote: > #It may cause the Co$ to lose the trial, but then Erlich will > #have to serve Miscavige with some legal papers to collect... > > 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. Hillel: > Why can't RTC transfer all the copyrights to another > organization for $1, and then let Erlich collect this $1? Neal: >They make BIG BUCKS from publishing all those books, even after >taking off expenses for kiting the numbers for the bestseller >list sales figures. The current theory among "those in the know" is that the buying back of books from the big chains like Dalton's has a *dual* purpose. Bestseller lists are only secondary. Churning the books gives the organization fresh, *clean* money from the bookstores' buying departments. Even if they lose 80 cents on the dollar, it's still a good rate for money-laundering, isn't it? >Selling the rights for $1 would be a very obvious >sham, and would get many Co$ lawyers into a very sticky position with >whichever judge is presiding over the countersuit (which is where Erlich >would collect). I believe the term is ... conveyance. +--------------------------------------+ Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * * dennis.l.erlich@support.com + inForm@primenet.com "tar baby"