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You will see that there is not a little wrong, when Atma calls this group Thieves, the Buddha called it Maha thieves, those who sell the Dhamma and encourage others to steal and there is no different between illegal download websites, content webpages which use naive user to go around copy rights and sutta - decentral. Decentral why? Because it is stealing Dhamma and its way in line of Dhamma in this world. Yet, making even the naive people, who believe in postmodern and communism as a solution responsible for their thieving.
An owner would even have a hard to claim, but Atma is sure they will adopt the russian ways of disclaimer also soon.
But what would a consumer worry about that, now when he still can feed on it... You can not help them. Neither the pig holder nor the pigs. They are bound to each other.
When you look at this contract all those who "steal" for sutta central and you know a little about worldly law, like it is still used in Europa, you can say its definitely even against costumer care and also what is called in law "immoral contract".
Yet, they will soon change it. Why? Because they are again leaded by greed, aversion and delusion. That is all people are able to put an effort into things. When this arises, there is reason for effort. So how ever you would motivated them, they will do it wrong again. Why? Because wrong view is leading them.
Just look at the content of this forum: "It 95% illegal", all this copy and pastes form other sides. Look at the translations made form ATI, they are all illegal, not to speak about kamma on this level.
So its impossible to bring Dhamma in line of Dhamma on such places, because they are not thought for letting go and giving, they are thought for becoming and being.
Look at Piya Tans Dhamma gifts, they have been already taken as sell-able share ware, without any gratitude and the "funny" thing is, that Piya Tan even supports his later thieves. People get what they invest in. So communists get their regime, poor steal from other poor, leaders of such groups are caught up by the defilement of their crowd. No change to escape aside of Dhamma in line of Dhamma.
While a monk would always make a disclaimer, that he how ever stays to be responsible at least for his deeds and call for deeds, those monks do it "smart" like pirates are used to (for if you follow to steal for them):
...you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms.
For if you take and have a share of the stolen:
This Agreement does not transfer from SuttaCentral to you any SuttaCentral or third party intellectual property.
Responsibility deny form the beginning till the end, and suggestion others to follow this wired ideas and hypocrisy of postmodern, stealing the label "Buddha Dhamma" to even do such. What?
And what do you think where the Pali Texts are taken from?
Pali text from the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500: World Tipiṭaka Edition in Roman Script. Edited and published by The M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund, 2005. Based on the digital edition of the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana published by the Vipassana Research Institute, with corrections and proofreading by the Dhamma Society.
Prepared for SuttaCentral by Blake Walshe and Bhikkhu Sujato.
Do you honestly believe that Thailands Sangha would give people who constantly discredit Thailands Sangha, their heritage? Do you think that the holder of the digital Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana, the Vipassana Research did give it now for sell? Its even no more visible how interwoven this chain of thieving in the Name of the Buddha is.
And when you make a research of who those people are, who seems to having made a lot of merits, you find a google website:
https://sites.google.com/a/worldtipitaka.info/society/You would not believe how tick this network of cheaters and dealers is, who even cheat their elders and kings with their thieves, not to speak about the many faithful. And yet they would counter, every giving is good. Yes every
giving. But in no means taking an call it a gift, or take to give. That is something they can not understand. Why? Because wrong view and Robin Hood leads them.
Even if you search much, you would not find "namo" on this page aside of respect in regard of dealers. Where do you like to find gratitude and generosity there? Its the generosity of geckos, giving patient and time when focusing on their hunt and the gratitude of a pig breeder. Which pig breeder would give his pigs ways of release? Both benefit as far as their signs reach.
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Ohh, if they would be serious, it would be empty not to speak that they would have to delete a lot of accounts, but actually they prefer to delete accounts of those who would tell them: "Hey be careful", since they would face what the world is about Dana and doing merits: No interest. Why should the child be different form its parents?
So even if the owner would now give up there ownership (as for the Sangha property such is even not possible), all what he and his abetter had done, would be just a fulfillment of the transgression. Still there could be maybe a possibility to confess and come out of it with a "swollen eye". But Atma really doubts that there is either a way they would see the need or or if there even is a possibility for rehabilitation.
Help add resources! actually means "Help stealing resources!" and that is way it was said and suggested: Don't touch it! That what is not given and walk the ways of the Robin Hoods, thinking Robin hood was not a thieve, murder and cheater like all this worldly
heroes just for a day at least.