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John Fox
This reminds me of the writings on the Local Church of Witness Lee by Jim Moran. When Jim died the Local Church (Fullerton) purchased his writings from his estate and then sent out revocations of any permission previously granted to publish these.

A lot of sites removed the content, whilst some others didn't. Surprise surprise ... no legal action despite the threats.

John

The Local Church cannot tolerate any criticism. So, they could not tolerate Jim Moran's writings. They sued him, and he died during the lawsuit. "Church in Fullerton" is just a Local Church group in Fullerton. Actually, this lawsuit was initiated by the Local Church leadership. However, they did not want to inform about that, so they used this name "Church in Fullerton."
Now, the Local Church possesses two domain names that originally belonged to Jim Moran: [www.thelocalchurch.org] and [www.ltm.org]. Of course, they posted their materials there, and they even did not indicate who are the current owners of these sites.
Original Jim Moran's writings are available at: [web.archive.org]
The Local Church's lawsuit against Jim Moran was not the first and not the last. They sued a number of their critics.



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Hi Lema_Nal. Welcome to the neighborhood.

FWIW, the CAIC site also has the writings of Jim Moran here.

John

That's very good that CAIC has writings of Jim Moran.

Regarding Local Church lawsuits, in their most recent lawsuit against Harvest House, they also showed their aggressiveness in suing critics. Two authors, John Ankerberg and John Weldon, and Harvest House Publishers published The Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions. This book contains 731 pages and includes information on many cults. The chapter on the Local Church has only a little more than 1 page.
Only the Local Church initiated a lawsuit against Harvest House. They were unhappy with the very fact that they were included into this book. They were not against the information that was published in the chapter on their cult.
Before that time, their lawsuits were successful for them. This time many Christians and Christian organizations supported Harvest House. Eventually, the Local Church lost this case.
They began the lawsuit on December 31, 2001. Eventually, on June 18, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court declined their appeal. This was a very positive precedent because this was the first time when they lost.
Actually, their insistance in appealing to courts was also quite remarkable. They stopped only when the U.S. Supreme Court declined their appeal.
Some information about this lawsuit: [www.harvesthousepublishers.com]
[www.harvesthousepublishers.com].