Editing Landmark Worldwide (section)

=== Media ===
[[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] reporter Nathan Thornburgh, in his review of The Landmark Forum, said, "At its heart, the course was a withering series of scripted reality checks meant to show us how we have created nearly everything we see as a problem," and, "I benefited tremendously from the uncomfortable mirror the course had put in front of me."{{ r | TIME_2011-04-10}}

Reporter Laura McClure with ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'' attended a three and a half-day forum, which she described as "My lost weekend with the trademark happy, bathroom-break hating, slightly spooky inheritors of est."{{ r | MJ_2009 }} Heidi Beedle, writing for the ''[[Colorado Springs Independent]]'' in 2019, said that "The tangible benefits of Landmark's courses may seem hard to pin down" though [[community projects]] do seem to be one, and, "One thing is certain: Landmark is a program that is incredibly successful at making people feel good about Landmark."{{ r | CSIndy_2019-07-24 }}

{{Anchor|France 3 documentary}}<!-- Courtesy note: [[Voyage Au Pays des Nouveaux Gourous]] redirects here -->
In 2004, the French channel [[France 3]] aired a television documentary on Landmark in their investigative series ''[[Pièces à Conviction]]''.<ref name=VLNG_transcript >{{ cite web | url=http://88.80.16.63/leak/suppressed-french-documentary-on-landmark-forum-cult--24-may-2004.txt | title=French Documentary Transcript: "Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus" | last= | first= | date=2004-05-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913100315/http://88.80.16.63/leak/suppressed-french-documentary-on-landmark-forum-cult--24-may-2004.txt | archive-date=2009-09-13 }}</ref> The episode, called "Voyage Au Pays des Nouveaux Gourous" ("Journey to the land of the new gurus") was highly critical of its subject.<ref>See:
*{{harv|Roy|2004}};
*{{harv|TD|2004}};
*{{harv|Tessier|2004}}.</ref> Shot in large part with a hidden camera, it showed attendance at a Landmark course and a visit to Landmark offices.{{sfn|Roy|2004}} In addition, the program included interviews with former course participants, anti-cultists, and commentators. Landmark left France following the airing of the episode and a subsequent site visit by labor inspectors that noted the activities of volunteers,<ref>
See:
*{{harv|Lemonniera|2005}}, French text: "L'Inspection du Travail débarque dans les locaux de Landmark, constate l'exploitation des bénévoles et dresse des procès-verbaux pour travail non déclaré." English translation: "Labor inspectors turned up at the offices of Landmark, noted the exploitation of volunteers and drew up a report of undeclared employment."; 
*{{harv|Landmark staff|2004}}, Landmark's response;
</ref> 
and sued [[Jean-Pierre Brard]] in 2004 following his appearance in the documentary.{{sfn|Palmer|2011}}

The episode was uploaded to a variety of websites, and in October 2006 Landmark issued subpoenas pursuant to the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]] to [[Google Video]], YouTube, and the [[Internet Archive]] demanding details of the identity of the person(s) who had uploaded those copies. These organizations challenged the subpoenas and the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] (EFF) became involved, planning to file a motion to quash Landmark's DMCA subpoena to Google Video.<ref>See:
*{{harv|EFF staff|2011}};
*{{harv|Landmark (Art Schreiber)|2006a}};
*{{harv|Landmark (Art Schreiber)|2006b}};
*{{harv|EFF staff|2007}}.
</ref> Landmark eventually withdrew its subpoenas.<ref>
[https://www.eff.org/cases/landmark-and-internet-archive Landmark Education and the Internet Archive]. [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]. Retrieved May 25, 2020 – "In a settlement reached November 29, 2006 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."
</ref><ref>[https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2006/11/30 Self-Help Group Backs Off Attack on Internet Critic]. [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]. Retrieved May 25, 2020 – "A controversial self-help group has backed off its attack on an Internet critic after the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) intervened in the case."</ref>