"It is likely there is no basis for a claim" Sony vs church

[LordTheNightKnight]

KruzeS said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

It's not the offense; it's the legality.

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. It's mostly the offense. The Church said it was considering legal action. Nowhere except gaming forums have I read they were talking about copyright or anything like that. If anything, I imagine they'd say the cathedral is their private property and that they have some rigths to it (you can't take pictures without their permission, you probably can't publish detailed blueprints, and maybe you shouldn't be able to do realistic looking depictions either). And they might as well bring charges more like defamation and such. Plus, saying you're considering legal action is also a form of pressure. And what the Church did say, was that they wanted Sony to apologise publicly, and give some recognition and funding for the Church's anti-guns program. Sony is talking to them, not ignoring them, so what's the big deal? But I know - it's the Church, so it's got to be outrageous!

Also, this is not the first time games have used places of worship as violence playgrounds. And at least one such case ended with Eidos voluntarily removing Sikh material from Hitman 2 and offering a formal apology. But, again, this is "the Church" (for some cluless people it's even "the Vatican"), so they must be after money, or power... or both - you know, godly stuff like that.

 They did ask the game be pulled from store shelves, wich does require legal action. The reason that copyright is brought up is that offense isn't enough grounds for such an action, unless deliberate defamation can be proven.