Ordo Templi Orientis Phenomenon
Copyrights
Purchase from the Official Receiver (OR)
Date 1991
GEORGE ALBERT AUGER (1)
ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS (2)
HUGO CLIVE HARPER (3)
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ASSIGNMENT
relating to copyright in the works of
the late ALEISTER CROWLEY
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Gersten & Nixon
National House
60/66 Wardour Street
London WIV 3HP
THIS ASSIGNMENT is made the 28th day of March 1991
B E T W E E N GEORGE ALBERT AUGER ("the Trustee") of 8 Baker
Street London W1M 1DA as Trustee in Bankruptcy of EDWARD
ALEXANDER CROWLEY otherwise known as and herein called ALEISTER
CROWLEY of the first part ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS a California
not-for-profit Corporation of P.O. Box 430 Fairfax CA94978 U.S.A
("the Order") of the second part and HUGO CLIVE HARPER of 7
Malmouth Well Road High Wycombe Buckinghamshire ("Mr. Harper")
of the third part
W H E R E A S :-
(1) Aleister Crowley died on the 1st December 1947 having during
his lifetime written many literary works ("the Works")
(2) On the 1st February 1935 a Receiving Order in Bankruptcy was
made against Aleister Crowley and he was an undischarged bankrupt
at the date of his death
(3) The Trustee is the Trustee in Bankruptcy of the late Aleister
Crowley
(4) It is probable that some or all of the copyrights in the works
are vested in the Trustee
(5) The Order wishes to acquire from the Trustee such rights and
interest to the copyrights in the Works as the Trustee may have and
the Trustee has agreed to assign such rights and interest (if any)
to the Order in consideration of the sum of £3,000 and on receipt
of the indemnity on the part of Mr. Harper hereinafter given.
W I T N E S S E T H as follows: -
1. In consideration of the sum of £3,000 paid by the Order to the
Trustee (the receipt whereof the Trustee hereby acknowledges) the
Trustee assigns to the Order all such rights of copyright and interest
therein (if any) as the Trustee may have including all accrued rights
of action (if any) to protect the said rights (if any) as the Trustee
may have and all other rights of whatever nature in the Works as
the Trustee may have to hold to the Order absolutely throughout the
world for the residue of the respective terms of such copyrights (if
any)
2. The Trustee gives no warranty whatsoever in relation to the
copyrights (if any) hereby assigned save that neither he nor his
predecessors as Trustees following the Receiving Order on the 1st
February 1935 have previously assigned or otherwise dealt with the
said rights (if any)
3. In consideration of the Assignment in Clause 1 hereof the Order
and Mr. Harper hereby jointly and severally covenant with the Trustee
that they will keep the Trustee fully indemnified against all losses
actions claims proceedings costs and damages arising out of any claim
made against the Trustee by any person other than the parties to
this Agreement that the Trustee had no right to assign all or any
of the copyrights in the Works which belongs to the person making
such claim and that such person has thereby suffered damage or has
a claim in damages such indemnity without prejudice to the generality
of the foregoing to include any damages or compensation paid by the
Trustee on the advice of its Legal Advisers and after consultation
with the Order Mr. Harper and/or their respective Legal Advisers
to compromise or settle any such claim and all legal costs or other
expenses arising thereout
4. It is hereby agreed between the parties hereto as follows: -
(a) That in the event of it being proved that the Trustee has no
title or interest in the Works or any of them then the Order
shall not be entitled to any repayment either in whole or in
part of the said consideration whatsoever or any recourse
whatsoever against the Trustee;
(b) That the terms hereof shall not be disclosed by the Order to
any person other than the professional advisers of the Order
or for the purpose of proving title to the Works without the
prior written consent of the Trustee
5. It is hereby certified that the transaction hereby effected does
not form part of a larger transaction or of a series of transaction
in respect of which the amount or value or aggregate amout or value
exceeds £30,000
I N W I T N E S S whereof the Trustee and Mr. Harper have
have signed this instrument as their Deed and William Garry Breeze
a person duly authorised to sign for an on behalf of the Order has
signed this instrument as his Deed on behalf of the Order the day
and year first before written
Signed as a Deed by
GEORGE ALBERT AUGER
in the presence of: -
...
Signed as a Deed by
WILLIAM GARY BREEZE
in the presence of: -
...
Signed as a Deed by
HUGO CLIVE HARPER
in the presence of: -
...
Facsimile scans of above transcript:
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Some background information
Lawyers and Historians: The 'Caliphate' versus the Truth? -- Introduction
the Maine decision 1984 [to the disfavour of the 'Caliphate']
| the California decision 1985 [to the favour of the 'Caliphate']
Purchase of the copyrights on Aleister Crowley from the Official Receiver (OR)
The 1999 Particulars of Claim ['Caliphate']
Financial Reports 1996-1999 of the 'Caliphate'
Erraneous opinion on the International Copyright Situation. Text by Anthony Naylor before he lost his case against the 'Caliphate' in 2000
What the 'Caliphate' does not want you to know . Text by Anthony Naylor before he lost his case against the 'Caliphate' in 2000
Crowley's Probate. Text by Anthony Naylor before he lost his case against the 'Caliphate' in 2000
'Caliphate' Capers. Text by Anthony Naylor before he lost his case against the 'Caliphate' in 2000. Based upon a draft by James Graeb
Structure, Constitutions and Money. Partly written by Anthony Naylor before he lost his case against the 'Caliphate' in 2000
2000, July: An analysis of the Bylaws of the 'Caliphate' and its Board of Directors. By James Graeb
2000, July: Incorporation of O.T.O., Argentum Astrum and E.G.C.
Library of Congress, letter dated September 6, 2000
2000: "Caliphate-O.T.O. Win" and the The Writing on the Wall. Text by Anthony Naylor before he lost his case against the 'Caliphate' in 2000
Court Order of October 2000
James T. Graeb, co-founder and IX° of the 'Caliphate', a lawyer, calls the 'Caliphate' a "Puppet Show
Piece" and files suit vs William Breeze, William Heidrick, Marcus Jungkurth et alii in 2001
The 2002 Ruling
The Summary so far
Ordo Templi Orientis - Trade Mark - Starfire Publishing Limited
Some Things
1991 Opinion of a German prosecuting attorney's office on the body of the 'Caliphate' Erfahrungsbericht eines O.T.O.-Mitglieds im Zusammenhang mit dem Gerichtsprozess 'Caliphat' gegen Hänssler-Verlag, 1990
Unsuccessfull attempt in Yugoslavia
Censorship in the UK
The "Caliphate" Book Patrol: Fahrenheit 418
Paul Joseph Rovelli versus the 'Caliphate', New York January 2000
1998, July 17 - 2000 October Austrian situation on Copyrights [German and English]
Trademark O.T.O.. By Leslie Anne Childress
2007 'Caliphat' Kasino in DeutschlandEnglish translation: 2007 'Caliphate' Casino2008: Honesty is the best Policy: 'Caliphate' O.T.O. / William Breeze lost in a legal case Deutsche Version: Ehrlich währt am Längsten: Warum der O.T.O. gegen P.R. Koenig verlor
Items of Historical Interest
In 1930, Karl Germer sent a description of the Aleister Crowley LTD. to Fernando Pessoa
Karl Germer, L. Wilkinson and Lady Harris
Other Background
The 'Caliphate'
National Grandmasters and OHOs of the
O.T.O.
Minutes of the 11 IX°s 'Caliphate' election in 1985 where it was clearly said that the 'Caliph' is not the juro OHO
More about all this in: Andreas Huettl and Peter-R. Koenig: Satan - Jünger, Jäger und Justiz
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