Church of England considers legal action against Sony

[FishyJoe]

ssj12 said:

FishyJoe said:

Gballzack said:
If the contents of the church's interior are considered public domain in that they are no secret, then arguable using them in a production shouldn't be illegal, at least not by US laws.

Just because you allow guests onto your property does not make it public domain. You can't go into a building and publish photographs of the inside without the owners permission.

why you havent been banned beyond me, you post nothing but negative towards sony products.

Is it illegal to find the old version of the church ie 1954 look and recreate it. The copyright if there is one cant legal stand that long. The outside shell shouldnt be able to be argued against if so GTA4 is screwed since they recreated all of New York and they didnt ask permission. Even if they call each place a different name they are using the exact building structure for each building.

Read ANY of my messages in this thread. NONE have been negative to Sony. All I have done is point out that there could possibly be legal merit for the case. Go ahead and show me something that I have said that deserves banning. 

Taking photos of the exterior of a building is legal, because you are doing so from public domain, the street. Doing so from the interior of a building is different, because it is private property. Many paparazzi have been sued because they have taken photographs on private property without permission.