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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: SCAMIZDAT does away with
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grady@netcom.com (Grady Ward)

>After reading the Whyte decision, it looks like publishers
>such as Fishman and SCAMZIDAT have done away with the
>"trade secret" argument by the 'ho of babble-on once and for all.

    Sure seems that way.

>While the court is persuaded by the Church's evidence that
>those who made the original postings likely gained the
>information through improper means, as no one outside the
>Church or without a duty of confidence would have access to
>those works, [30] this does not negate the finding that, once
>posted, the works lost their secrecy.  Although Erlich
>cannot rely on his own improper postings to support the
>argument that the Church's documents are no longer secrets,
>see 3 Milgrim, sec. 15.01[1][a][ii], at 15-43, evidence that
>another individual has put the alleged trade secrets into
>the public domain prevents RTC from further enforcing its
>trade secret rights in those materials.
                        
    Right.

>So it looks like Whyte has given an explicit legal reason to
>ignore the 'ho when she prattles on about "trade secrets".
          
    That's the way I read it, too.

>Specifically, the "six lines" from OT7 and all other SCAMIZDAT and
>Fishman publications to the net *prevents* the RTC from asserting
>a TS 'right'.  This means to me that "fair use" only applies which
>of course is a much weaker restriction that "trade secret".
>
>It looks like SCAMIZDAT and Fishman has done all of us a big favor
>by publishing the criminal cults previously secret cartoon cosmology.
                                  
    Me especially.

>First it was OTVIII.  Then OTIII; now ALL of the "sekred skripture"
>are open to fair quote and comment.
>
>Hasn't the 'ho done enough damage to scientology and Miscavige?
                  
    Nope.  She and Cooley are gonna bring the kult down.

>Is she going to work until the entire piece of scripture is totally
>free to be kicked around on the net like so much poodle crap?
 
    That's the plan, Geeman.
    
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