Church of England considers legal action against Sony

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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.

Good point, Ssj, but this isn't what I understand the developers did. My understanding -- correct me if I'm wrong -- is that they went inside the Church, took pictures of it, then recreated it in the game. Again, If I'm wrong, please correct me.

And  Gballzack: no, the church is not public domain. It can't be. It's owned by the Church of England. Separation of Church and State is applicable there too :p 

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