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My guess is that upon the forming
of a new corporate countenance to front the new movement the old corporations
and their agreements have been obsoleted. Moreover, Maharishi himself has
decommisioned people thereby relieving them of the choice of continued
obligation. The prior peoples of TM could probably claim that they have some
percentage to the original name and product through having donated much monies
over the years, in terms of restoration, and that should be a counter claim to
any potential threat. Furthermore, it could probably be argued that they could
use the name Transcendental Meditation regardless of any consideration due to
monopoly laws, and usury laws. This is a pithy area, and the willing lawyer can
foresee a huge class action to regain proprietary rights to a product basically
stolen from the people who developed or promoted it. I don't see Maharishi ever
being sequestered into court in the US or elsewhere so my guess is he doesn't
have a legal foot to stand on. Finally, he would be probably arrested for
contempt upon arriving in the US should he make a claim.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:20
AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] question for
jane
I've been thinking for the last several years that
I'd
like to start teaching TM again. Of course I would
have to do it
outside of the constraints of the TMO
and its insane $2500 fee. I'd
probably charge $325.00
for a working adult which is the going rate for
a
weekend seminar in this area. Of course I'd do it for
less if the
person couldn't afford it or if they were
a student or retired. George asks
a good question.
Anyone familiar with the legal assaults in the US
or
elsewhere that "independents" have experienced?
-Peter
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George DeForest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> .
>
> > marwincornyarmand wrote
> >
> > kicked out of
TMO 3 years ago,
> > because I refused to sign an agreement
>
> with the TMO, due to the prices and
> > the focus on money all
the time.
> > After I was kicked out, I have been
> >
initiating openly outside the TMO
> > sometimes for a little money
sometimes
> > for free. That made a lot of noise from
> >
the TMO, with threats, lawyers, you name it.
> > I won - the
TMO lost. I am very happy
>
> i am curious, in what sense did
you "win"
> over the TMO? was it a "moral victory"
> where you
just persevered and nobody
> was gonna stop you?
>
> or was
it a legal victory, setting a legal
> precedent for "independent" TM
teaching.
>
> a friend of mine has been teaching TM
> at
the old rates for quite some time, and
> he is always busy initiating
new people.
>
> i would like to tell him about your legal
>
victory, if thats what you meant ;-)
>
> g.
>
>
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