Wikitrouble
The LDS Church has filed a copyright infringement claim against the Wikimedia Foundation for publishing a "Church Handbook of Instructions," a two-volume guide to policies for church leaders. It's the first time such a claim has been filed against the non-profit Internet information distribution network.Wikinews obtained the "Church Handbook of Instructions" through Wikileaks, a whistleblower website that publishes sensitive documents while protecting the identities of contributors.
Wikileaks says the Church Handbook "...is strictly confidential among the Mormon bishops and stake presidents and it reveals the procedure of handling confidential matters related to tithing payment, excommunication, baptism and doctrine teaching (indoctrination)."
9 Comments:
Why can't private organizations keep things private? Sounds like Wikibullshit to me.
What a bunch of nonsense. Why would anybody want to know this information anyway, unless of course you are a bishop. If you are then you already have a copy.
Why the secrecy? What are they (The Church) afraid of people finding out? This is the major problem with the church's acceptance, is it's super secrecy concerning many of it's beliefs, and aspects of it's very own religion! It doesn't even let it's own members know the entire story until they've been "hooked" for some time.
Don't try to sue the Internet. It didn't work for the Church of Scientology, it won't work here.
This isn't about secrecy. This is about copyright infringement. Every organization needs to actively protect their copyrights, otherwise they can lose their ability to defend them.
This isn't about secrecy. This is about copyright infringement. Every organization needs to actively protect their copyrights, otherwise they can lose their ability to defend them.
well, well, well. it seems you can't hide in this cyber age like you could 200 years ago. maybe with all the attention about FLDS the truth about the mainstream organization will come to light. this image of wholesome family religion is just a coverup for the "real story". let the games begin.
Utter nonsense. You can find and download the handbook in more than a few sites. Just google Church Handbook of Instructions and, bingo, you have a number of selections. The church tries to keep it all hush-hush to avoid embarrassment. It's supposed to be a nice lovey-dovey corporation, you know, user-friendly, but when you read the does and don't - mostly don'ts - one can see how utterly negative this organization is.
It discusses masturbation - you know, tie one arm to the bedstead and think Mickey Mantle or Bronco Nagurski, and, behold, you don't want to masturbate. Yeah. And homosexuality, among the don'ts.
Not your usual bedside reading.
Copyright infringement is understandable when you're protecting intellectual property. But a church handbook? Is someone going to plagiarize it or something? Kind of odd.
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