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Fahrenheit 418


The 'Caliphate' Book Patrol, Fahrenheit 418, Copyright Issues, Aleister Crowley

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In 2000, a UK court found that, as of 1935, the owner of the Aleister Crowley copyrights, as they then subsisted, was the Trustee in Bankruptcy of Aleister Crowley. The Trustee did not authorize any publication of works after that date, nor otherwise deal with the copyrights, until the 'Caliphate' purchased them on 28 March 1991.

On 19 October 2000, the UK court determined that the 'Caliphate' owns the copyrights.

On Wednesday, 2 May 2001, the judge ordered that "an inquiry shall be held before the Master as to whether copyright subsists in all or any of the works identified in the said substituted schedule [list of AC books] to the claimant's particulars of claim."

On 9 June 2001, Breeze countersigned an additional assignment agreement between his 'Caliphate' and the O.R. that gives him legal title to the non-literary works (including accrued rights of action). This means that he now holds title to all works in which copyright subsists.

Anthony Naylor and John Symonds did not contest whether copyright subsists in all of the books listed in the schedule. ...


The 'Caliphate' Book Patrol, Fahrenheit 418, Copyright Issues, Aleister Crowley

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Turn on the flame-throwers

Find out what can happen with your Crowleyana:

    (1) The Book of the Law / Liber AL.
    (2) Francis King's "Secret Rituals of the O.T.O."
    (3) CD set "Satanic Verses".
    (4) Censorship in the UK.
    (5) Unsuccessfull attempt in Yugoslavia.



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