Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous

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Voyage au pays des nouveaux gourous
"Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus", 2004
Directed by	Karima Tabti
Produced by	France 3, Elise Lucet, Herve Brusini
Written by	Pièces à conviction (Exhibits) French News Program
Starring	Elise Lucet, Host/Moderator Laurent Richard, France 3 undercover investigative journalist Alain Roth, Landmark Education head, France Sophie McLean, spokeswoman & Landmark Forum Leader Jean-Pierre Jougla, Attorney Jean-Marie Abgrall, Psychiatrist, author of Mechanics of the Sects Jean-Pierre Brard, Deputy Mayor, Montreuil, France Christian Lujan, Social psychologist, Psychoanalyst Jocelyne Berthelot, Landmark volunteer Mona Vasquez, former Scientology member Laurent Mournais, former participant Brigitte Thelier, former participant Pierre, anonymous former participant Thomas Lardeur, consultant
Editing by	Pascal Richard, Lionel de Coninck Emmanuel Charrieras
Distributed by	France 3
Release date(s)	May 24, 2004
Running time	65 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Voyage au pays des nouveaux gourous, (Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus), a television documentary, presents an investigation of the activities of Landmark Education in France. The investigative journalism program Pièces à conviction [Exhibits] made the documentary in 2003, and the channel France 3 broadcast it in France on May 24, 2004. The documentary has occasioned various legal repercussions in France, the Netherlands, Australia and the United States. As of June 2004, Landmark Education officially ceased its activities in France.

Contents 1 Landmark Forum leaders 2 On-screen commentators 2.1 Solicitor Jean-Pierre Jougla 2.2 Psychiatrist Jean-Marie Abgrall 2.3 Deputy mayor Jean-Pierre Brard 2.4 Psychoanalyst Christian Lujan 2.5 Mona Vasquez 3 France 3 television channel and the documentary 3.1 Reported fine-payment 3.2 Landmark Education's reply 3.3 Commentary from Pièces à conviction personnel 3.4 Commentary from France 3 4 Repercussions 5 Sectarian Risks report 6 Credits and bibliography 7 The documentary on the Internet 8 See also 9 External Links 10 References and footnotes

[edit] Landmark Forum leaders

Much of the documentary focused on Alain Roth, a Landmark Forum leader and former head of Landmark Education's now defunct division in France. Roth jokingly referred to Landmark Education as a cult. "Especially, when going to dinner, don’t forget to take off your badge. Otherwise people will think that you are in a cult!" he reportedly said. ^[1]

Part of the documentary recounts how journalists from Pièces à conviction originally wanted to interview Roth, but that Landmark Education flew Sophie McLean from New York City to France to speak with them instead.

McLean dismisses the description of her company as a "cult" or even as "cult-like", and disparages the view that its business depends on brainwashing. In support of her contention, she cites three academics: Dr. Raymond Fowler (former president of the American Psychological Association), Prof. Dr. Norbert Nedopil (Chief, department of forensic psychiatry, University of Munich ^[2] , and French psychiatrist Jean-Marie Abgrall. Landmark paid Abgrall to write a positive report ^[1] on it, but later in the documentary Abgrall denies that he took a position either way on characterising Landmark as a cult or not.

In 2005, the Nouvel Observateur news magazine gave this assessment of the back-and-forth in the documentary:

[Translated:] The broadcast of Elise Lucet denounces Landmark Education’s fiscal tax arrangements, the use of an army of volunteers and the existence of involvement as a defendant in prosecutions for "abuse of weakness and mental manipulations" into a murder case. The blow is fatal. A few days later, the organization stages a special evening from which Alain Roth has strangely disappeared. Specially arrived from New York, Sophie McLean, the spokesperson for Landmark International, responds to interrogations of assistance, split between unrest and and solidarity. Countering the accusations of France 3, she distributes to us a denial/disclaimer that carefully avoids the more sensible/delicate points of reporting. Why such determination by/of the news media? Because: "Landmark Education proposes a "leading edge" pedagogy and, as such, it is more succeptible to be improperly understood compare to others." ^[1]

[edit] On-screen commentators

France 3's Pièces à conviction series brought in several noted French academics and authors to sit on its commentator panel during the program. And apart from those discussed below, the program included Jocelyne Berthelot (a participant in Landmark Education and a Landmark Education volunteer); former Landmark Education participants Laurent Mournais and Brigitte Thelier; and a person using the pseudonym "Pierre". Other notable commentators included attorney Olivier Morice, politician Phillippe Vulique, Catherine Picard, president of UNADFI, and Giles Boot, secretary general of MIVILUDES.

[edit] Solicitor Jean-Pierre Jougla

Jean-Pierre Jougla works as a solicitor with the Court of Appeal in Montpellier, France. He wrote the preface to the book Les Sectes [Cults], and founded the department of "victimology related to the sectarian harmful effect" at the University of Lyon.

Asked to give his expert opinion on the Landmark Forum, and to analyze why individuals did not leave the room, Jougla painted a picture of the enrollees "in a state that made it impossible to leave". He went on further to describe what he referred to as "mental manipulation", and stated that one can often accomplished brainwashing through methods that seem harmless. Methods he observed included "confining people for 3 or 4 days in a room with no windows". He went on to state that "mental manipulation" is just that: it happens without the victim knowing it."

Later, Jougla comments on what he perceives as "doctrine" inherent within Landmark Education, stating:

What influences public opinion is only the storefront. The cults you cited have a religious pretense, and hide behind that screen. Here, there’s no religious element. But there’s still a doctrine. The basis of Landmark’s doctrine essentially rests on a philosophical concept. It’s the concept of authenticity. "We’re going to teach people to be authentic."

[edit] Psychiatrist Jean-Marie Abgrall

Jean-Marie Abgrall, M.D., a French psychiatrist, criminologist, specialist in forensic medicine, and graduate in criminal law, wrote La mécanique des sectes (Payot 1996 et 2004, ISBN 2228895059), which has appeared translated into at least ten different languages (English-language translation: Soul Snatchers: The Mechanics of Cults published by Algora, 1999: ISBN 189294104X). He has served as an expert witness in the Supreme Court of Appeal {Court of Cassation (France) | Cour de cassation) and in the Court for Businesses (Tribunal de commerce) in France on the subject of cults.^{[citation needed]} Landmark Education paid Abgrall 45,600 Euro to write a positive report on itself in 2001, and to assert that the organization is not a "cult".

Pieces a Conviction staff interviewed Abgrall and asked him to comment on his alleged 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 complain that "[t]here is no control of a psychologist". He went on further, elaborating on his concern of the lack of training of the individuals who lead 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.

[edit] Deputy mayor Jean-Pierre Brard

Jean-Pierre Brard, the deputy-mayor of Montreuil, France, served as the vice-president of the Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France (Commission parlementaire sur les sectes en France) which reported its investigation on cults in France to the French National Assembly in 1995.

The television host Elise Lucet asked Brard to explain why his committee had classifed Landmark Education as a cult, without performing direct empirical research through observation. Jean-Pierre Brard explained the investigating committee on cults' position:

Translation: Clearly, there's a guru who destabilizes people to enslave them, to make them subservient, which has been said by witnesses. You can also see that they make you relinquish critical thought, and break the person down so that they can pick up the pieces. You can also see that there's a network of money. This hasn't been mentioned yet: The ultimate goal is to press its power and clean out the students' wallets. And by using the students, to attempt to earn more. So, there are the criterion of domination, a network of money, subordination and brainwashing. So it's a sect.

[edit] Psychoanalyst Christian Lujan

Dr. Christian Lujan, a psychoanalyst, psycho-sociologist and professor at ESCP-EAP European School of Management, has written two popular French books on human resource management.

He appeared in the documentary and commented on why the Forum Leader, Alain Roth, brought out "fears from childhood". When questioned by host Elise Lucet, Dr. Lujan responded: "The goal is to destabilize the individual and to negate - and I emphasize this - the notion of the subject. The individual doesn't own his own past. Only they know what's good for him. At any moment, an exercise like this can take away a person's introspection."

[edit] Mona Vasquez

Mona Vasquez wrote the book Et Satan créa la secte [Satan Created the Cult: Memoirs of an escapee]. A member of Scientology for seven years, she appears in the documentary addressing what she sees as extensive and precise similarities between Scientology and Landmark Education, especially the use of jargon.

[edit] France 3 television channel and the documentary

[edit] Reported fine-payment

According to a statement released in French by Landmark Education, France 3 reportedly paid a "tiny" fine for a violation of the media's code of ethics.

[edit] Landmark Education's reply

Under European law, when journalists and the media criticize an entity, that entity has a legal right to compel the journalist or media to publish a response^{[citation needed]}. Landmark Education's response started by thanking France 3 for publishing the response without adding extensive sound-effects as it did in the broadcast. Landmark Education denied some of the points made in the documentary. (France 3 subsequently cancelled a scheduled rebroadcast^{[citation needed]} and (according Landmark Education) removed a transcript from its web-site.)

In Landmark Education's legal right-of-reply to France 3's video, a woman, after having seen the broadcast, explains how the journalist twisted her interaction with the Landmark Forum leader out of context:

My face is hidden, but my voice is not masked. I feel betrayed by this journalist who did not respect the necessary confidentiality in this broadcast. And moreover, by showing only part of the conversation, the journalist draws conclusions which imply that I feel mistreated. From this conversation, which I admit was difficult, I had considerable insights which enabled me to live better and to have a better relationship with my daughter. And I owe it with the conversation which we had during the Landmark Forum. ^[3]

This person thereafter declared in public that she had had a very positive experience and to date continued to take part in the programs of Landmark Education. ^[4]

Landmark Education responded to France 3's insinuation that Landmark Education gained large sums of money by using volunteers in France. It stated that Landmark Education lost money each year in France, but maintained its center open for its participants. France 3 estimated that the receipts of Landmark Education amounted to nearly 1.5 million euros per annum, whereas, according to Landmark Education's assertions, they did not exceed 590,000 euros per annum. ^[5]

Landmark Education commented on Dr. Jean Marie Abgrall's position in its reply:

Dr. Jean-Marie Abgrall, the principal expert on cults in France, declared in connection with the ten elements identified by the parliamentary Commit[t]ee as being constitutive of a sect: “None of the six relative major elements of a cult applies to Landmark Education.” As for the four remaining elements, Dr. Abgrall pointed out that they are “minor characteristics which could be also found in many conventional organizations.” ^[6]

Art Schreiber, the General Counsel and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Landmark Education, commented:

On May 24, 2004, in the program "Pieces A Conviction," France TV3 broadcast a report on Landmark Education. The apparent purpose of the report was to portray Landmark Education as a harmful cult. There were many wholly inaccurate and biased statements in the program, as well as some extremely serious accusations that were totally and absolutely unfounded. TV3 operated completely unprofessionally, using tactics including lying, manipulating, using illegally obtained materials, and intentionally presenting materials out of context. TV3, without authorization from Landmark Education, used confidential footage of the Landmark Forum that was shot undercover by a reporter who falsified his personal information and did the filming in violation of his signed legal agreement protecting the privacy of the other participants in the course. When this program was broadcast in France, Landmark's attorney in France sent a detailed letter to TV3 in which he refuted, point by point, the gross inaccuracies and defamatory and libelous representations in their program. Upon receipt of the letter, TV3 removed the transcript of the documentary from its own web site. ... Surveys show that 94 percent of Landmark Education's customers say, upon completing their course, that The Landmark Forum has made a positive, profound and lasting difference in their lives. Nearly 1 million people around the world have participated in The Landmark Forum. ^[7]

Landmark Education also quoted a letter from Dr. Raymond Fowler, past President of the American Psychological Association, which reflects his own opinion, in its reply:

In my opinion, Landmark Forum is not a cult, nor anything of comparable with a cult, and I do not see how a reasonable and responsible person could say otherwise. I did not see anything in Landmark Forum in which I took part who can harm to the participants. In my capacity as expert in this field, I am certain that once the French government takes the advice of looking at the question more closely, it will conclude that Landmark Education was included wrongly on the list of the cults. ^[8]

[edit] Commentary from Pièces à conviction personnel

Pascal Richard, Editor-in-Chief of Pieces a conviction drew attention to the special circumstances of this documentary in a note on the show's official web-page:

C'est une émission difficile qui n'a pas l'écriture habituelle de Pièces à conviction. Nous avons pris ici le parti de nous servir des outils de TV modernes, comme ces caméras et ces micros dissimulés. C'était, en effet, notre seul moyen d'aller au-delà et de livrer l'info. Le seul moyen aussi de capter une autre réalité que la façade lisse qu'aimerait montrer cette étrange société. Et d'aller au-delà des discours soigneusement préparés et organisés par une société de communication new-yorkaise. [Translation: This was a difficult broadcast, one which did not have the usual Pièces à conviction signature. In this case we adopted the use of the tools of modern television, such as these hidden cameras and microphones. Indeed, only in this way could we go the extra mile and deliver the facts. Also, only in this way could we get a different reality, rather than the slick facade which this unusual group would like to project. And to get beyond the statements carefully prepared and organized by a New-York communications firm.] ^[9]

(Despite legal submissions on the part of Landmark Education, the television station did not resile from publishing these comments, and they continued available on the web until at least the time of the archiving of the version dated 13 July 2004. By 10 October 2004 the monthly program's web-page had moved on — in the normal course of its operations — to featuring more recent episodes of Pièces à conviction.)

[edit] Commentary from France 3

Over two years after France 3 pulled the transcript of the broadcast, the France 3 web-site search option as of 2006 finds no mentions of the keywords "Landmark Education". A reference to Landmark Education's French web site (which features Landmark Education's legal-right of reply) appears alongside the null set of search-results in a panel reserved for advertising (Liens publicitaires). The advertisement includes a description of Landmark Education:

Landmark éducation est le résultat d'une recherche sur l'efficacité avec laquelle les individus et organisations agissent et leur façon de communiquer. / www.landmarkeducation.fr / France Télévisions ne peut être tenu responsable du contenu de ces liens [Translated:] Landmark education is the result of a research into the effectiveness with which the individuals and organizations act and their way of communicating. www.landmarkeducation.fr'. 'France Télévisions cannot be held responsible for the contents of these links ^[10]

[edit] Repercussions

In France, Landmark Education "assistants" (participants in thje Landmark Education Assisting Program) had the apparent French legal status of volunteer unpaid workers. In June 2004, a month after the Pièces à conviction program aired, a French government agency (L’Inspection du Travail) investigated labor practices regarding these volunteer workers, and sent a report to the government.

According to a report published by the Nouvel Observateur, on July 2004, Landmark Forum trainers arrived at their offices to find the doors locked. The French branch of Landmark Education had officially shut down. Semi-officially, the leaders moved their operation to London and continued to recruit in France. As of May 2005, persons involved in the organization in France continued to communicate with each other via the Internet. Trainers met together and acknowledged that they felt they had lost a "family", and expressed deep regrets that they could no longer continue "to bring transformation to people ^{[1] [11]}".

[edit] Sectarian Risks report

The documentary refers to the 1995 Interministerial Mission for Awareness against Sectarian Risks report which listed Landmark Education (Landmark education international - Le forum") as a secte (cult).

On 27 May 2005 — a year after France 3 broadcast the documentary and many months after Landmark Education's operations in France had diminished to unofficial groups keeping in touch via the Internet — the then Prime Minister of France Jean-Pierre Raffarin issued a circulaire on the ongoing fight against cults in France. The circulaire suggests that that the list of specific cults appended to the report of the 1995 Parliamentary Commission 1995 had become less pertinent and suggested that in certain cases his civil servants should avoid depending on generic lists of groups. ^[12]

[edit] Credits and bibliography

The host Elise Lucet credited the following works at the end of the program:

• Grande enquête sur la Scientologie: une secte hors la loi [Major inquiry into Scientology: a cult beyond the law], by Arnaud Palisson, published by Favre, 2003. ISBN 2828907333
• Les Sectes [Cults], by Thomas Lardeur, published by Presses de la Renaissance, 2004. ISBN 2-7509-0008-5
• Charlie Hebdo, Hors Serie, Landmark Education : Des métastases dans le business [Landmark Education: Transformations in business], May 2004, 98 pages.

The news program's bibliography listed the following works: ^[13]

• Les sectes dans l'entreprise [Cults in the work-place], by Thomas Lardeur. Éditions d'Organisation.
• Et Satan créa la secte [Satan Created the Cult: Memoirs of an escapee], by Mona Vasquez
• Les sectes [Cults], by Alain Vivien. Éditions Odile Jacob. [2003, ISBN 2738112846 ]
• Méchaniques du destin [Mechanics of Destiny], by Pierre de Roo Calmann-Lévy [2004, ISBN 2702131727 ]
• L'Empire des ténèbres [The Realm of Shadows], by Brigitte Marouani. Jacques-Marie Laffont [2003, ISBN 2849280151 ]
• Enquête sur les manipulations mentales [Investigation into Mental Manipulations], by Gordon Thomas. Albin Michel [1989, ISBN 2226037802 ]
• Tous manipulés, tous manipulateurs [Everyone manipulated, everyone manipulating], by Dr. Jean-Marie Abgrall. First Editions [2003, ISBN 2876917432 ]
• La Méchanique des sectes [The Mechanics of Cults], by Dr. Jean-Marie Abgrall. Payot [New revised and expanded edition: 2002, ISBN 2228895059 ]
• Les sectes[: Savoir les reconnaître, Comprendre leurs mécanismes, Les combattre efficacement, Aider les victimes] [Cults: how to recognize them, how to understand their mechanisms, how to fight them effectively, how to help the victims], by Thomas Lardeur. Presses de la Renaissance. [2004, ISBN 2750900085 ]
• Grande enquête sur la scientologie[: Une secte hors la loi] [A Major Enquiry into Scientology: A cult outside the law], by Arnaud Palisson. Éditions Favre [2003, ISBN 2828907333 ]
• 20 ans de lutte contre les sectes [20 Years of Struggle Against the Cults], by Janine Tavernier. Michel Lafon [ 2003, ISBN 284098914X ]
• Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage des honnêtes gens [A brief treatise on the manipulation of ordinary folk], by Robert-Vincent Joule and Jean-Léon Beauvois. PUG [Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, new edition: 2004, ISBN 2706110449 ]
• La dérive sectaire [The Sectarian Drift], by Anne Fournier and Michel Monroy. PUF [Presses Universitaires de France, 1999 ISBN 2130497705 ]
• Le retour du Diable[: Satanaisme, Exorcisme, Extrême droite] [[The Return of the Devil: Satanism, Exorcism, and the Extreme Right], by Paul Aries. Gloias [1997, ISBN 2911453212 ]
• La scientologie, laboratoire du Futur[?] [Scientology, Laboratory of the Future], by Paul Aries. Golias [1998, ISBN 2911453441 ]
• Satanisme, le retour de la Bête [Satanism, the Return of the Beast], by Paul Aries. Golias
• Ce que coaching veut dire [What Coaching Means], Gilles Forestier. Editions d'Organisation

[edit] The documentary on the Internet

This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.

From September 2006 onwards, anonymous people posted copies of the Pieces a Conviction France 3 documentary, Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus — including versions with English-language subtitles — to several video-sharing web-sites and bitTorrent sites^[14].

In October 2006 Landmark Education issued subpoenas pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a piece of United States legislation which allows content-owners to issue subpoenas to identify alleged infringers — even without filing a lawsuit. Landmark Education sent subpoenas to Google Video, YouTube and the Internet Archive, demanding details of the identity of the person(s) who had uploaded copies (with English-language subtitles) to these websites.

Challenges to Landmark Education's efforts arose on multiple fronts. The Internet Archive commenced fighting its subpoena from Landmark Education, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (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. ^[15]

Art Schreiber, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Landmark Education, commented on the issue, raising issues of intellectual property (IP) in RedHerring Magazine in an article dated 2006-11-03:

“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. 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.” ^[16]

On November 8 2006 the Electronic Frontier Foundation posted a Draft Motion to Quash Landmark Subpoena on their website ^[17] . Independent filmmaker Enric Cirne interviewed a representative from the Electronic Frontier Foundation on Landmark Education's usage of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act ^[18] . Cirne also interviewed another staff attorney on camera about the Electronic Frontier Foundation's actions regarding the DMCA subpoena issuances ^[19].

On November 9 2006 the Electronic Frontier Foundation responded to Art Schreiber's commentary and raised the issue of fair use in a post entitled "EFF and Landmark: Cards on the Table":

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. ^[20]

On November 10, 2006, the Reuters newsservice published an article about the dispute. ^[21]The Washington Post and many other news sources subsequently disseminated this article.

The Cult Awareness Information Centre (Australia: http://www.caic.org.au/ ) has made a non-official copy of the video available in flash video format. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has cited this location ^[22] , as has Rick Ross' website ^[23] , an article about Landmark Education on the "Yad L'Achim website ^[24] , and InformationWeek ^[25]; and Yahoo! News^[26].

On November 17, 2006, the Apologetics Index website received a "cease and desist" letter from attorneys in Amsterdam representing Landmark Education. The letter stated that Landmark Education demanded Apologetics Index remove their hyperlink to the Cult Awareness Information Centre's 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 ^[27] . Further information on this matter appears on the Apologetics page devoted to Landmark Education.

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 ^[28].

The Electronic Frontier Foundation issued a statement in a post on their website regarding Landmark Education's legal letters in Amsterdam and Australia, entitled: "Landmark Forum's Internet Censorship Campaign Goes Down Under". The post includes a request to Landmark's General Counsel Art Schreiber, utilizing some Landmark Education jargon (take a stand, racket, winning formula):

In public statements, Landmark General Counsel Art Schreiber insists that Landmark supports free speech. We urge Landmark to take a stand for the principles of free expression and get out of the censorship racket--the answer to criticism is to explain and promote your own view. Landmark may believe that using copyright notices to takedown criticism is a winning formula, but it will ultimately come back to haunt Landmark. ^[29]

In a settlement reached on November 30, 2006, Landmark Education withdrew their subpoenas against Internet Archive and the anonymous poster to Google Video:

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. ^[30]

The settlement includes the acknowledgment that the poster of the video:

[has removed the video] 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. ^[31]

[edit] See also

• Human Potential Movement
• Investigative journalism
• Erhard Seminars Training
• The Century of the Self, episode part 3 of 4
• Steven Zaffron, CEO, Landmark Education Business Development
• Werner Erhard

[edit] External Links

• Unofficial documentary transcript at Rick Ross website
• Landmark and the Internet Archive, Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Google faces legal challenges over video service, The Washington Post, November 10, 2006
• Draft Motion to Quash Landmark Subpoena, November 8, 2006
• Landmark Forum Violates Constitution and Federal Law by Trying to Chill Speech, PressZoom, November 1, 2006
• Landmark Ed, EFF, negotiations, p2pnet.net News, November 10, 2006
• Video interview with Kurt Opsahl, interview with Attorney for Electronic Frontier Foundation, regarding Landmark's DMCA Subpoenas, November 2006
• Landmark Education Fires Back At EFF, Redherring.com
• Why did Landmark Education leave France?, September 29, 2006, Cult News
• YouTube Copyright row, Warez.com News, November 14, 2006
• Landmark Drops Copyright Infringement Subpoenas On Google And Anonymous Critic, InformationWeek, December 1, 2006.
• Réponse officielle à France 3, Landmark Education's response to the France 3 documentary.
• Presentation of International Landmark Education, Interdepartmental Mission of Vigilance and Fight Against Sectarian Drifts, (translated)
• "At home with the gurus in neckties", Nouvel Observateur, French newspaper, May 19, 2005, by Marie Lemonnier.
• Cults in France, Recorded with the Presidency of the National Assembly on December 22, 1995, Mr. Alain Gest, Reporter, Mr. Jacques Guyard, Deputies. National Assembly, Tenth Legislature.

[edit] References and footnotes