9th Circuit: Former Church Member Lost License To Share Teachings In 2021

( February 5, 2025, 10:27 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals agreed with a Washington federal judge that a former member of a Seattle-based religious community did not breach a licensing agreement by uploading copyrighted church materials after the 1999 death of the organization’s founder but reversed the judge’s finding that the license was terminated in 2021....