Hey Livewire,
Well, all the materials in question are included in my lifetime membership to either The Secret Pays, Push-button Publishing or any one of a few other PLR membership sites that I belong to. Moreover, I downloaded a lot of the stuff to my HD a while ago (e.g., about 7 or 8 years), which has actually become a slave drive since I got another computer, and so I forgot exactly where I got everything from. Anyway, here again, I'm not trying to argue, rather I'm just trying to make my point clear that, as I understand it, the materials are not copyright protected to the best of my information, knowledge and belief. They were all in folders clearly labeled PLR / MRR, which I do remember only contains things that I can give away freely and/or alter in any way I wish. In fact, I could just create my own PDF file of the old text, make some changes and Copyright that edition, claiming it as my own derivative work. Shoot, I think I'm going to do that, just so I can avoid this in the future. Same goes for the audio-book version of the Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons, except that I don't think I'll be reproducing that anytime soon.
Kind Regards,
Michael Brock
http://www.adv-tech-web-hosting.co.cc/
P.S. Btw, no hard feelings here either... Yeah, I realize that you're just doing your job and trying to protect the community as a whole, which I totally understand and respect. And since you see this matter differently than I do, I just want to say that I didn't mean to break the rules or didn't intentionally violate the TOS. And I still don't think that I did, because I really think they not copyrighted, as I understand the terms of the PLR sites that I got the stuff from. Even so, please forgive me for doing so, as you see it! And is the ban permanent for me, or can I start another account and chalk this one up to a hard lesson learned, since I lost all the files and didn't have a backup, so I'm having to start all over with my blog? I more than willing to follow the rules of the TOS! And, of course, I wouldn't be putting anything up for download that is even questionable. In fact, is it possible to have you guys review stuff for pre-approval?
"Now the classic bestseller is even better! This newly edited edition of Think and Grow Rich: The 21st-Century Edition presents the full text of the original book, and carefully integrates into each chapter new, updated examples and commentary. This edition proves on every page that Hill’s principles are as up-to-date as this mornings headlines. "
There is new updated information in the 21st century edition which is protected by copyright as a Derivative Work.
The suspension stands as a permanent suspension as the e-book provided for download is -not- the one in Public Domain. It is a copy protected book first issued in 2004.
Near as I can tell, the same stands for the Audio book as it's considered a derivative work. Hardly matters since the other one has been confirmed to be squarely in violation of US Copyright Law.
Edit: realized after re-reading that initial quote for derivative work doesn't seem to make sense. Found a bit better one.
In this case the new content in the book is what's covered; the original contents of "think and grow rich" -are- public domain, but not the new stuff.
