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LDS Church v. Wikileaks [1]

Submitted by Guest on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 12:59

Summary

Threat Type: 

Correspondence

Date: 

05/05/2008

Status: 

Pending

Location: 

Verdict or Settlement Amount: 

N/A

Legal Claims: 

Copyright Infringement
Intellectual Reserve, Inc., the legal entity that owns the intellectual property of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, sent a DMCA takedown notice to Wikileaks after someone posted the... read full description
Parties

Party Receiving Legal Threat: 

Wikileaks

Type of Party: 

Large Organization

Type of Party: 

Organization

Location of Party: 

  • Utah

Legal Counsel: 

Berne S. Broadbent
Description

Intellectual Reserve, Inc. [2], the legal entity that owns the intellectual property of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints [3], sent a DMCA takedown notice [4] to Wikileaks [5] after someone posted the Church Handbook of Instructions [6] on the website. The notice requested that Wikileaks expeditiously remove or disable access to the Handbook. Wikileaks has refused to do so.

Related Links: 

  • Wikileaks: Mormon Church LDS legal notice to Wikileaks [7]
  • Wikileaks: Mormon Church Handbook of Instructions (1999) [8] 
  • Ars Technica: Mormons, Scientologists face uphill battle against Wikileaks [9]
  • ReligionNewsBlog: LDS says Wikileaks web site violated its policy handbook copyrights [10]
  • Slashdot: Mormon Church Goes After Wikileaks [11]
  • Wikinews: Mormon church warns Wikileaks over documents [12]
  • Wikileads: Archive for 'Wikileaks vs. the Mormons' [13]
Details

Web Site(s) Involved: 

Wikileaks [14]

Content Type: 

  • Text

Publication Medium: 

Wiki

Subject Area: 

  • Copyright
  • DMCA
Court Information & Documents

Source of Law: 

  • United States

Relevant Documents: 

PDF icon 2008-05-08-Intellectual Reserve Letter.pdf [15]
CMLP Information (Private)

Threat Source: 

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Source URL (modified on 08/20/2014 - 11:07pm): https://www.dmlp.org/threats/lds-church-v-wikileaks

Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/threats/lds-church-v-wikileaks
[2] http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Reserve
[3] http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e419fb40e21cef00VgnVCM1000001f5e340aRCRD
[4] https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/notice-and-takedown
[5] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Main_Page
[6] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Mormon_Church_Handbook_of_Instructions_(1999)
[7] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Mormon_Church_LDS_legal_notice_to_Wikileaks
[8] http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Mormon_Church_Handbook_of_Instructions_%281999%29
[9] http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080514-mormons-scientologists-face-uphill-battle-against-wikileaks.html
[10] http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21457/lds-mormon-church-handbook-instructions
[11] http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/125244
[12] http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Mormon_church_warns_Wikileaks_over_documents
[13] http://wikileads.net/category/wikileaks-vs-the-mormons/
[14] http://wikileaks.org
[15] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/dmlp.org/files/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2008-05-08-Intellectual%20Reserve%20Letter.pdf