The Trust communicates institutionally, through an authorised agent. Role addresses:
contact@officialbbt.org
Questions about the Trust, the site, books and orders.
licensing@officialbbt.org
Print-licence enquiries and applications.
Notice to licensees & agents · Draft pending counsel
The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust — the charitable religious trust established on 29 May 1972 — is regularising its publishing and licensing. Its ownership of the copyrights in Srila Prabhupada's works was confirmed by the Superior Court of California in 1998 (case BC 170617).
All persons and entities that hold, or claim to hold, an agency, licence or other authority to print or distribute these works are invited to confirm and review their arrangements directly with the Trust — not with the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. — on or before 31 July 2026.
The Trust's current trusteeship is in the process of being confirmed by the California Superior Court (Probate Code § 17200). This notice is informational and is not legal advice. [Placeholder wording — to be replaced with counsel's final text.]