BBT Bluff Day
BY: DRAVINAKSA DAS
Mar 14, 2014 — USA (SUN) — Why is the BBT using fear and intimidation to try and sell their adulterated products? If things were actually ok with the BBTi what is the need to threaten devotees into submission? Why are customers leaving the BBT in droves and buying the original books?
Let's set the record straight. The BBT sued Hansadutta, not vice versa. And they lost. Then they sued him again and lost. They lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in these lawsuits that could be used to print books. Why did devotees join Hansadutta's side in the lawsuit? Because the BBT was adulterating Srila Prabhupada's books against his order, and the original teachings were becoming lost.
In the last 30 years the BBT operated an active campaign to vilify Srila Prabhupada's original teachings, even telling devotees they were offenders to read his original works that he had authorized himself. This has had bizarre effects. A friend of mine handed an original Bhagavad-gita As It Is as a gift of love to one of these brainwashed souls. The person started shaking and backed off like a Vampire in front of a cross!
Who owns the copyrights? The copyrights of the changed books are not owned by the BBT. They are owned by BBT International and the author is not A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, but an "author for hire." Why are these books by an author for hire? Because Srila Prabhupada did not write them. Only the original unadulterated books have their copyrights owned by the BBT, and His Divine Grace is listed as the author in the copyrights.
Like it or not, KBI is authorized to print the original books and has become the primary source of high quality reprints. Devotees have donated and loaned their personal funds to keep the teachings from being lost. The KBI team must be commended for their dedication and perseverance. Under difficult conditions, always being threatened by the BBT, they have produced an impressive portfolio of Srila Prabhupada's original literature, available at reasonable prices.
So why is BBT kvetching now? They own the copyrights. At any time they could print the original, authorized books at the same quality and at a cheaper price. (They do larger print runs and get better prices than KBI at the printer.) If there is a big demand for the real goods why complain? They created the mess. Srila Prabhupada never asked them to change everything.
Now the bar has been raised. Better quality at a better price from KBI. It's time for the BBT to stop whimpering and get the presses rolling, with the original books.
