http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 11th 2007 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 11th 2007 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
If the Church wasn't so concerned with getting media attention, they would ask Sony for a small amount of compensation and end the matter completely.]]>Jun 10th 2007 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
Does it? The last major architectural work on the Cathedral was about 150 years ago, so I doubt they have a valid objection on the basis of copyright. The church does have the right to restrict commercial use of the photography etc it permits on premises, but I'm not sure if that is involved here or not.]]>Jun 10th 2007 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
And the Church of England is funded by taxpayer dollars, as England is a theocracy with the Queen as head of the church. Bad form to try to wring money from people for nonsensical claims of copyright when you haven't had to work for a living in four hundred years because people are forced to give your cult money on pain of imprisonment.]]>Jun 10th 2007 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 11th 2007 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
It's funded by donations, investments and a few other sources, but thankfully not my taxes.

http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/funding/#where

Oh, it's Pounds not dollars.
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Sony just needed a church to moddel theres on to make it realistic graphics. they must have taken lots of photos in the church to moddel on, how would they do that without church permission???]]>Jun 11th 2007 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://impact.freethcartwright.com/2007/06/church_of_engla.html. Section 62 of the Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988 will be a problem for the Church if it brings a claim.]]>Jun 12th 2007 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 12th 2007 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 11th 2007 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
I work for a church and we play 360 and Wii. PS3 is just trash and way below our standard. As a church they should hold themselves to a higher standard and not play crap like PS3.

--Fanboy]]>Jun 11th 2007 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/]]>Jun 10th 2007 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 11th 2007 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
Personally i feel that with the building being a notable icon it should expect this. How many games have you seen structured in and around the white house? granted it is a little different but the under lying principle is the same]]>Jun 11th 2007 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 16th 2007 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
Hmm.. I think someone was slapped to hard on the hands in catholic school :)
j/k, but really let people believe what they want to in a religion as long as its not hurting other people. ]]>Jun 10th 2007 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
That's the trouble. It DOES hurt people.

And yes - everybody who believes in religion is crazy.]]>Jun 11th 2007 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
Then again, there is nothing like a little Plenary Indulgence... tithe Sony, TITHE!!]]>Jun 10th 2007 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 11th 2007 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 11th 2007 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 11th 2007 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
It doesn't matter what you're doing in the church. The fact is that it's there, it's an OBVIOUS representation and there's no proof that permission was given to use it in a game that blatantly promotes violence.

Everybody knows that in 2007, if you do something like that you're asking for trouble. Put the controller down and read a newspaper or have a conversation with someone--keep up with the rest of us out here in reality.]]>Jun 11th 2007 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
It seems that this apparently unfortunate and disrespectful state of affairs would appear to be blessing some might say.

I'd be surprised as Jypson said, that someone wasn't just out of the loop. I expect we'll never know since this story is getting such hyped media attention, would certainly be humiliating to the church if this was the case

However this is mere speculation ;>

I just can't help feel there is something dubious about this whole thing.]]>Jun 10th 2007 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
This is sort of true... First of all, they did not use the outside of the building but rather the interior. Once inside you are bound under the rules of the establishment.

Also, while I do not know UK laws, there are countries where commercial use of landmarks is prohibited without express license.

see Greece vs. Verizon lawsuit where verizon used images of the Parthenon in an ad.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200706071411DOWJONESDJONLINE000904_FORTUNE5.htm
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Sony should just get on some ships and try to find a land where they won't be persecuted, and where they will be allowed to live their lives like they want to. Without being forced to succumb to the wishes of the Church of England.]]>Jun 10th 2007 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 10th 2007 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 11th 2007 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/Jun 11th 2007 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/10/church-of-england-demands-donation-for-violent-ps3-title/
That's all I have to say.]]>Jun 13th 2007 3:17PM