Posting Family pubs on exmember sites

I know this has been discussed before but I've enjoyed reading the discussion on MovingOn re: the legality of posting Family pubs on exmember sites. It's quite interesting & of course the Family would rather not that their publications were posted for exmembers & the public to see. Jules has brought up the valid point yet again that for the Family to demand a publication to be removed, a duly authorized Family member would have to step forward & furthermore the Family itself (which claims to hold the copyright) would have to be a duly registered legal copyright holder. Correct me if I'm not relating this perfectly, but that's the point in essence.

Very interesting. Of course, the Family is not willing to do this because the instant they registered as a legal entity & copyright holder that would immediately open the floodgates for litigation against them for endless crimes, so much so that the courts would be packed. It would probably not be difficult at all to get some very high profile lawyers who want to go after the Family like a doberman pincher. So they have to stand back & complain.

On the other hand quoting portions of MLs or the writings of Peter & Maria & WS has always been fair game. At least that's my understanding. You are allowed to quote people for the purpose of critigue or even lampooning. The only question arises when you quote substantial chunks of a document or the entire document. At that point a legal copyright holder can step forward & demand that you take it down. To this date the Family has been unwilling to step into the public, legal realm & contest the posting of their publications.