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| name = Voyage au pays des nouveaux gourous |
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| image = Inside Landmark Forum 2 of 6.jpg |
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| caption = '''"Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus"''', 2004 |
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| director = ] |
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| writer = '']''<br />'''''(Incriminating Evidence)'''''<br>(French news program) |
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| starring = ], Host/Moderator;<br />Laurent Richard, ] ] ];<br />Alain Roth, ] head, France;<br />Sophie McLean, Landmark Education spokeswoman and ];<br />], Attorney;<br />], ], author of ''Mechanics of the Sects'';<br />], Deputy Mayor, ];<br />], ], ];<br />Jocelyne Berthelot, Landmark Education volunteer;<br />], former ] member;<br />Laurent Mournais, former participant;<br />Brigitte Thelier, former participant;<br />Pierre, anonymous former participant;<br />], consultant;<br />], intelligence officer and author of ''A Major Enquiry on Scientology'' |
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| editing = Pascal Richard,<br /><br />Emmanuel Charrieras |
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| released = 24 May 2004 |
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| runtime = 65 minutes |
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| country = France {{Flag icon|France}} |
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| language = French |
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'''''Voyage au pays des nouveaux gourous''''' ('''''Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus''''') is a French ]. It presented an investigation of the activities of ]. The ] program '']'' started filming the documentary in 2003, and the channel ] broadcast it in France on 24 May 2004. |
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==Subjects of the program== |
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The documentary included hidden-camera footage of a course led by Alain Roth, a ] leader, and various commentary on the footage. |
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==On-screen commentators== |
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France 3's ''Pièces à Conviction'' series brought in several commentators during the program. These included a participant and volunteer in Landmark Education, former Landmark Education participants, and other commentators including ], president of UNADFI, and psychiatrist ] ]. Abgrall, a French ], ], specialist in ], and graduate in ], wrote ''La mécanique des sectes'' (Payot 1996 et 2004, ISBN 2-228-89505-9), which has appeared translated into at least ten different languages (English-language translation: ''Soul Snatchers: The Mechanics of Cults'', published by Algora, 1999: ISBN 1-892941-04-X). |
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''Pièces a Conviction'' staff interviewed Abgrall and asked him to comment on his assertion that Landmark Education is not a cult. He responded by saying "It's not true that I said it's not a cult. I neither wrote that it is a cult nor that it's not a cult." He went on to point out that "here is no control of a psychologist". He continued by describing the training of the individuals who led the Landmark Forum, saying: "These guys aren't trained, as if tomorrow you set up shop as a psychotherapist. I mean, that's what's shocking." |
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==Response== |
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Landmark's media representative, Sophie Mclean, dismissed the documentary's description of her company as a "cult" or even as "cult-like", and denied that its business depends on ]. Mclean cites three academics: Dr. ] (former president of the ]), Prof. Dr. ] (Chief, department of forensic psychiatry, ],<ref></ref> and French ] ]. In the documentary, Abgrall denies that he took a position either way on characterising Landmark as a cult or not. |
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In June 2004, a month after the ''Pièces à Conviction'' program aired, a French government agency (''L’]'', "Labour Inspection") investigated labor practices regarding people who volunteered for Landmark, and sent a report to the government. |
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After the program aired, anonymous posters sent copies of the documentary — including versions with English-language subtitles — to several video-sharing web-sites and ] sites.<ref> |
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, Electronic Frontier Foundation, November 30, 2006.</ref> |
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In October 2006 Landmark Education issued ]s pursuant to the ], a piece of United States legislation which allows content-owners to issue subpoenas to identify alleged infringers. Landmark Education sent subpoenas to ], ] and the ], demanding details of the identity of the person(s) who had uploaded copies (with English-language subtitles) to these websites. |
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The Internet Archive fought its subpoena from Landmark Education, and the ] (EFF) filed official objections on its behalf. The EFF (operating on behalf of the anonymous entity who uploaded the video) also planned to file a motion to quash Landmark's DMCA subpoena to Google Video. Google advised Landmark that it would not produce the requested information pending a ruling on that motion. YouTube sent notification to the user about its subpoena, and planned to give the user a reasonable opportunity to move to quash it.<ref> |
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], Chairman of the Board of Directors of Landmark Education, commented on the issue, raising issues of ] (IP) in '']'' in an article dated 2006-11-03. Schreiber affirmed that the Electronic Frontier Foundation had released a statement characterizing Landmark Education's copyright claims to the documentary as "bogus". He went on to portray the claim of the Electronic Frontier Foundation as "entirely inaccurate".<ref>, ] |
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“The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) challenged our actions and alleged to the press that our copyright claims were bogus, which statement was then disseminated on the Internet. |
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Landmark Education’s goal is not to silence anyone, but to protect its core IP resources, which were infringed by the video. While we appreciate the work of the EFF, the allegation that our copyright claim is bogus is entirely inaccurate. The facts are clear that the Landmark Forum program has for many years been copyrighted. Materials covered by this copyright registration were included throughout the video.”</ref> |
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On 8 November 2006 the Electronic Frontier Foundation posted a ''Draft Motion to Quash Landmark Subpoena'' on their website.<ref></ref> Independent filmmaker Enric Cirne interviewed a representative from the Electronic Frontier Foundation on Landmark Education's usage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.<ref> |
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, Enric Cirne, 8 November 2006, .</ref> Cirne also interviewed another staff attorney on-camera about the Electronic Frontier Foundation's actions regarding the issuing of the DMCA subpoenas.<ref> |
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, Enric Cirne, November, 2006, .</ref> |
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On 9 November 2006 the Electronic Frontier Foundation responded to Art Schreiber's commentary and raised the issue of ] in a post entitled "". In their statement, the Electronic Frontier Foundation argued that any use of alleged material — even if it were copyrighted — occurred "for purposes of criticism and commentary" and constituted a "non-infringing fair use". The Electronic Frontier Foundation asserted that Landmark's copyright claim remained "bogus".<ref> |
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"While we appreciate the kind words, we disagree with Mr. Schreiber's copyright analysis. To the extent that the documentary includes any materials copyrighted by Landmark, that use is clearly for purposes of criticism and commentary, i.e., a non-infringing fair use. Yesterday we released a draft of our motion to quash, which explains in detail (see pages 11-16) why Landmark's copyright claim does not hold water. Indeed, it's not even a close call. Sorry, Landmark, but your claim is still bogus."</ref> |
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On 10 November 2006, the ] newsservice published an article about the dispute.<ref>""</ref>'']'' and many other news sources subsequently disseminated this article. |
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The Cult Awareness Information Centre (Australia: http://www.caic.org.au/ ) has made a non-official copy of the video available in ] format. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has cited this location,<ref> |
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, Electronic Frontier Foundation, case page, Landmark's Misuse of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act |
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</ref> as has an article about Landmark Education on the " website,<ref> |
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, , 2006.</ref> '']''<ref> |
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, '']'', 1 December 2006</ref> and '']''.<ref>, ], 1 December 2006.</ref> |
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On 17 November 2006, the ] website received a "]" letter from attorneys in ] representing Landmark Education. The letter stated that Landmark Education demanded Apologetics Index remove their hyperlink to the streaming video version of the documentary, due to alleged "copyright infringement" of their "Landmark Forum Leaders Manual" (TXu 1-120-461). The Apologetics Index responded on their site that after reading the responses from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, they did not intend to comply with Landmark's demands.<ref> |
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, Religion News Blog, Netherlands, November 17, 2006, Anton and Janet Hein-Hudson</ref> Further information on this matter appears on the devoted to Landmark Education. |
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Within the same period of time, Landmark Education also sent a cease-and-desist letter threatening legal action to the Internet service provider of the ''Cult Awareness and Information Center'' website, "StudioSolutions", in Australia. Landmark again used the argument of alleged copyright infringement of material from their "Landmark Forum Leader's Manual".<ref> |
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, Landmark Education, to StudioSolutions, concerning ''Cult Awareness and Information Centre'', 13 November 2006.</ref> |
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation issued a statement in a post on their website regarding Landmark Education's legal letters in Amsterdam and Australia, entitled: . |
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In an agreement reached on 30 November 2006, Landmark Education withdrew their subpoenas against Internet Archive and the anonymous poster to Google Video.<ref> |
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, Electronic Frontier Foundation, November 30, 2006. <br> "In a settlement reached Tuesday, Landmark agreed to withdraw the subpoena to Google and end its quest to pierce the anonymity of the video's poster. Landmark has also withdrawn its subpoena to the Internet Archive. EFF represents both the anonymous critic and the Internet Archive."</ref> The settlement included the acknowledgment that the poster of the video will not repost it to the Internet "in whole or in part."<ref> |
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<br> " from Google and all other internet sites upon which he/she/it posted the video, and further agrees not to re-post the Video in any form on Google or any other internet site in whole or in part."</ref> |
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The ], a French association for the defense of religious freedom and conscience, criticized the documentary for its lack of contradictory debate, stating that the program is "an undertaking of destruction of Landmark Education".<ref>{{Cite web|author=CICNS |title=Émission "pièces à conviction du Lundi 24 mai 2004 su France 3 : ''Voyage au pays des nouveaux gourous''" |url=http://www.sectes-infos.net/Television.htm#2 |publisher=''Sectes-infos'' |language=French |accessdate=23 August 2009}}</ref> |
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==References and footnotes== |
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* , '']'', French newspaper, 19 May 2005, by Marie Lemonnier. |
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