Rav Miller Website Accuses ‘Joseph’ Of Stealing

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  • #1479259
    Neville ChaimBerlin
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    “Any IP attorney will tell you that compilation, transcription and presentation of the work of a third party in a particular format should not be reprinted ”

    A) I’m 99.9% sure you’re wrong anyway.
    B) Even if that were true, I’m pretty sure this website’s “share on social media” buttons are a pretty good indicator that they’re OK with you sharing their material.

    Joseph isn’t stealing the sites source code and passing it off as his own site. He’s just quoting the same primary source as them. This idea that when two people want to quote the same primary source, the first one to get it gets to “call dibs” and sue anyone who quotes that source after them is ludicrous.

    #1479408
    Gadolhadorah
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    If the owner of a website has obtained copyright protection for IP, whether you agree or not that such IP content warrants copyright protection, it should be honored until you either gain approval or the protection is withdrawn. Not clear if the owner of the website is claiming copyright protection or simply has invoked some other basis for wanting Joseph to stop stealing their material. Is it A or B?

    #1479397
    Reb Eliezer
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    The source is the web site because of all the work they put in to collect the information which is public, and not Rav Miller Ztzl.

    #1479529
    👑RebYidd23
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    Work doesn’t count. If i make a website where I quote Shakespeare, but I type it with my toes, that’s a lot of work. Does that mean Shakespeare’s words would belong to me?

    #1479525
    mentsch1
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    GadolH
    I’m going to ask the question again
    You keep using the word “stealing”
    Were do you find a halachic basis for your accusation? Were do we find that quoting torah in any format (or any quote for the matter) can possibly be construed as “stealing”? or improper. Just the opposite we all know that as long as you attribute torah to its author it’s all good.
    and even in american law
    for non-commercial purposes please tell us how an attributed statement used during a free speech discussion of ideas can possibly be considered copyright infringement?

    #1479527
    Neville ChaimBerlin
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    “The source is the web site because of all the work they put in to collect the information which is public, and not Rav Miller Ztzl.”

    I hope you’re kidding. The source is R. Miller. Whether you like Joseph sharing it or not is your own problem. But, you can’t honestly believe that the person who prints a source gains the status as the author.

    How did any of you pass high school English thinking you would cite Wikipedia as the author of the US Constitution if you happened to find it there?

    #1479528
    Neville ChaimBerlin
    Participant

    “If the owner of a website has obtained copyright protection for IP”

    Yes and like I said, if Joseph made an identical website that served the same purpose, they would have a case. That’s not the same thing as believing that the site has exclusive rights to everything Rabbi Miller said just because they provide a service. That’s a belief that would officially be known in the law community as “stupid.”

    #1479546
    Reb Eliezer
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    Finding all Rav Miller’s Torah in one place is performing the act of ויפוצו מעינותיו חוצה and their act is praiseworthy and they deserve credit by citing their source.

    #1479591
    TorasAvigdor
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    Some clarification: The contents of the letter written by Rabbi Wolhendler should not have been publicized by YWN as it was a private communication. There was no intent to accuse Joseph of stealing (which he did not do) – it was merely an explanation of why we feel we have th right to ask YWN to not post any further Q and A’s. The negative comments about Joseph are simply the work of people who don’t appreciate his posts, using this opportunity to malign an innocent person. The fact is that TorasAvigdor.org is run on a purely volunteer basis, and no profit is made at all. The website, as well as the daily Q&A ([email protected]) and the weekly Parsha sheets, are distributed for free, and all costs are borne by donations and volunteers. It is a project that was created for the purpose of making the Rav’s words accessible. However the difficult work of transcribing from audio to print probably does create a legal and halachic copyright – to a certain extent. But we do not even attempt to enforce such rights because there is no monetary claim. We only are requesting that the Q and A’s not be published on a format that allows anybody to denegrate the words of the Rav. I understand that in this new world of no standard and no respect, anything goes, but some of us still retain a basic level of decency and understand that. And the wide range of comments that have been posted here make it abundantly clear why Rav Miller’s Q and A’s should not be publicized in a forum where every ignorant fellow can comment on equal footing with the Rav zatzal. It becomes, Rav Miller said this, but some am ha’aretz sitting in his basement thinks this.
    That being said, the website and daily Q and A are open to th public, and they were created for that express purpose.

    #1479646
    👑RebYidd23
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    We could still comment on the Q&As even if they weren’t on this site.

    #1479666
    Neville ChaimBerlin
    Participant

    TorasAvigdor: A Freilichen Purim, Joseph 🙂

    #1479663
    Shopping613 🌠
    Participant

    I don’t understand. Anyone can comment even if it wasn’t a direct quote and if people want to disrespect and mock rabanim, they’ll do it anyways.

    #1479664
    Shopping613 🌠
    Participant

    Davka that’s why Joseph shouldn’t quote your site, because it will give you bad PR.

    #1479667
    DovidBT
    Participant

    We could still comment on the Q&As even if they weren’t on this site.

    That’s like saying that the prohibition of “lifnei iveir” is pointless, since people can commit transgressions even if you don’t make it easier for them to do so.

    #1479706
    ubiquitin
    Participant

    Torass Avigdor

    ” It becomes, Rav Miller said this, but some am ha’aretz sitting in his basement thinks this.”

    Ah, but what if the one sharing Rav Miller’s words is also “some am ha’aretz sitting in his basement ” ?

    #1479711
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Ah, but what if the one sharing Rav Miller’s words is also “some am ha’aretz sitting in his basement ” ?

    Who cares who the one quoting him is, as long as the quote is accurate?

    #1479752
    ny100k
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    Rav Miller passed away looking before anyone considered putting shiurim online, so I find it hard to believe that he was asked about it.

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