Does anyone here have a transcript they can send me, by any chance? I'd be very grateful.
I don't have transcripts.
But I have the audio.
I could share, somehow (Dropbox?), if Rick doesn't catch on.
Just sayin. He was on my case about starting this forum.
I'm totally empathetic with copyright issues.
But Seth... I don't recall him mentioning copyrights.
Only sharing knowledge.
The one thing that bothers me when it comes to channeled material is both the price of accessing such material, and the idea it should be free.
On the one hand, I personally believe it would be good if everything were free, however the people who transcribed the sessions (Rob) edited and published the books, maintained the books and republished them over the years, the postal service that delivers the books etc - it just makes sense to pay them for their services.
Asking them to do otherwise is basically asking them to not only give it away for free, but actually operate at a loss to distribute such materials- meaning actually PAYING to give things a way. A poor business model if there ever was one.
I do believe the spirit of the Seth material is that of sharing, rather than hoarding.
Why would Rick want to shut down a Seth related website? That just sounds like bad business.
Imagine you started a website talking about how much you LOVE Nike shoes. Then someone from Nike shoes thinks: "Boy, we better shut down that website, people are talking about how much they like our shoes, we don't want them to encourage people to buy our shoes do we? Let's shut this down ASAP!"
I understand copyright failrly well, and I don't see anything on speakingofseth.com that would not come under "fair use"
I experimented with recording some audio versions of Seth books myself. I am aware that copyright wise - it is a no no.
And if it to be uploaded somewhere, a place like youtube, or some other file sharing network would be the place - on a website un-connected to the user/recorder etc.
I would have thought with the digital revolution we would have seen Seth audio books by now, official ones, and now only that, digital versions of all the Seth audio sessions (there are some, I don't know how many?).
I would have thought the high cost of the Seth audio CDs and cassetes would be negated by the move to digital media - which costs nothing in terms of physical storage - it can be downloaded instantly etc. Their are still hosting costs for websites etc.
I love the seth audio sessions, but refuse to pay the frankly ridiculous prices that are charged for them. It seem that Rick or whoever is in charge of them either doesn't want people to listen to them, or only people who are willing to pay the rather high prices for something that could easily be given away for free, or at least provided at a more reasonable cost.
You would think that there would be a discount at least for buying the complete set of Seth audio sessions. But no. Meanwhile over at Audible.com you can access thousands of audio books at great prices.
Rather than stopping people from making their own SETH audio books, which is a TINY audience, you are talking about a niche within a niche here, the SMART move would be to hire one of these people (or some other professional) to make official Seth audio books, clearly their is a DEMAND for them.
If the motive is money, it seems really stupid of Rick not to get these audio books out there. If the motive is NOT money, or simple production costs and logistics, then WHY the hell stop people from making their own? It's not the same as piracy where something exists, then is copied, and taken at the cost of profit to the original creator.
In this case, there are no original Seth audio books, merely text, so there is no lost revenue from unofficial Seth audio books.
I can't speak for anyone else, but if official or unofficial Seth audio books were made, I would be all over them. And I'm not going to stop buying the physical books, or burn the ones I have or anything else like that.
I am grateful that the books are available at all. At a sensible price. But I see no sense in NOT making Seth audio books, or in stopping others from making their own.
I really hope that this changes in my lifetime, as many people simply DO NOT READ BOOKS anymore.
Far more people are listening to audio books these days.
The times are a changing
It would be really backwards, and a bit sad if people forgot about the Seth Material because of a refusal to supply the material in digital audio form. There is a whole podcast and audio book revolution going on
right now, and not being part of that is a great way for the Seth material to fade into obscurity.
It would make sense to me that someone (Deb?) contact Rick and say look, these books are going to happen one way or another, would you prefer to be involved in making them or would you prefer that someone else do it and consult with you? Or at least what would be the least objectionable source (online) to provide them through that does not result in somebody getting sued.
I mean he's going to know one way or another, and I feel it is better to be upfront and smart about it.
Hopefully when he realizes there is a website full of people who actually want them (hey, that's called direct marketing....) he may at least reconsider.
I think we should have a forum here and everyone who is interested put their name down to say "yes, we want these audio books". Perhaps Rick would take that kind of thing more seriously.
And if he doesn't want to be involved, then go the unofficial route.
Also, to DEB, if Rick does try to shut this website down at any point, can you not just remove the sections on Seth Quotes or whatever, and leave the rest of the conversations alone?
I don't see how he has any right to do that, unless there are significantly large chunks or material posted somewhere on this site? Voluntary removal would be the better option.