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Originally posted by ZTA1806
Another thing to remember is that when an organization publishes, even using their own "publishing house," books and literature, it is protected by copyright laws. To do that, they have to register that material. That places the information into public domain, even if we prefer to continue to treat it as private.
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I'm not sure that everything printed is automatically protected by copyright laws. In fact, I would suppose otherwise. I think you have to actually assert your rights and copyright the material. Sort of like applying for a trademark. And as you said, since that would involve putting the contents in the public domain, that's why most groups choose not to copyright it.
In fact, I've never seen a copyrighted ritual manual.
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