SrI:
Dear Sriman Anbil SrinivAsan Swamy :
Thanks for your mail .
I was not aware of the 60 year limit
on copy righted material .
Many times , the descendants of great
AchAryAs have problems in finding funds for
printing out of print volumes .Some times
,
the subject matter needs some level of
erudition that
the content would be of limited interest
from
a printing cost point of view and recovery
of
costs . Foundations have been created for
this , where SishyAs and abhimAnis contribute
funds
to cover the expenses and out of print books
are
released on important Thirunakshatram days .
Our ebook series have been created to preserve
and protect these treasures to make this precious
content
available digitally and globally . Scholars
as well as beginners
can use them
.
The important point is to get permission from
copyright
owners and be respectful of their wishes
.
Sriman Balaji Sunderrajan of Toronto has violated
wilfully many of these points and has released
material with no regard for copyrights in the past
few
months .
Two recent cases in point are :
(1) Upanishad Sangraham by Sri UtthamUr Swami
(2) The release of VishNu PurANam authored
by
Prakrutham Srimath Azhagiya Singar during
His PoorvAsramam days , whose copy right
is held by Sri Nrisimha Priya Trust . It is sold by
Sri Ahobila Mutt , North Anerica to raise funds for
Kaimakryams of Srimath Azhagiya Singar
.
(3) ThiruppAvai UpanyAsams by Srimath
Azhagiya Singar : Same Background and
same violation !
I will not be surprised if Sri Nrisimha Priya Trust
Executives would take legal actions against
Sri Balaji Sunderrajan of Toronto , the owner
of
maransdog.com web site , where such
whole
copy right violations have taken place and recorded
.
As an appointed Member of the Sri
Nrisimha Priya Trust ,
I will recommend to the Sri Nrismha Priya
Board to
take strong actions against Sri Balaji Sunderrajan
so that the material on Sri VishNu PurANam and
ThiruppAvai UpanyAsams are removed from his site
.
The comparison of Sri VishNu PurANam to RaaNi
comics
by Sri Balaji Sunderrajan is one of the most
offensive
characterizations of this most revered Saatvika
PurANam
used by great VaishNavite AchAryas . It is a
tasteles
remark .
Chakkiriya Owners have protested in the past
against copy right violations of Sri Balaji
Sunderrajan
and have not taken any legal actions
sofar.
While we appreciate Sri Balaji's unbridled
enthusiasm
" to educate" Sri VaishNavAs , we can not
understand his
total insensitivity to the authors and creators of
Intellectual
Property and respect their legitimate , legal
rights as
copyright owners . It is as simple as that
.
Sri Balaji should clear from here on every thing
with
the owners of copyrights and get releases .If
they do not
wish to give him permission , he should respect
their
views independent of any reason they might have
.
This is basic ethical approach to be followed
in
relating to any copyrighted material .
We will be bringing out important Sri Sookthis
covered by
VaikunTha Vaasi Sri TatachAr of Thirumalai and have
obtained
the permission of Family members to do so .The
Family Members are
happy that the writings of such a great scholar are
being
made available widely . I thank Sri Adisesh for
getting
this permission from the Family Members at
Thirumala.
We will be releasing UpanyAsa Manjari , a
collection of
UpanyAsams by Mahaa MahOpAdyaya Sri
PerukkAraNai
Swamy with the help of Sri Gosakan . Swamy has
given
permission and is happy about his upanyAsams being
made avialable to a wider audience .
In summary , let us observe a code of conduct in
handling copy righted material ; otherwise it
will
be tantamount to piracy .
NamO SrI VenaktESAya ,
V.Sadagopan
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