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1. francisco_vera says:

   October 1, 2004 at 12:15 pm

   once, in my country (Chile), Jesus even had a legal adress in a trial, and the amazing fact was that the appeal court taked its decision in favor of Jesus Christ.
   (it was a trial about showing “last temptation of Christ” movie)

   p.s. sorry for my english

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2. Anonymous says:

   October 1, 2004 at 12:17 pm

   About a week ago, I started http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_on_religious_works . Please, feel free to edit or to add to it.

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3. Branko Collin says:

   October 1, 2004 at 12:23 pm

   Ah, I forgot I can use links here. The Wikipedia article is called Copyright on religious works.

   Let me take the opportunity to point out that Dave Weinberger had an equally interesting blog entry about his Tuesday with the World Economy Forum, in which he gives a useful (and scary) first-hand view into the mind and soul of Big Copyright. (The Big Copyright bit is in the second half of the entry–patience, Grasshopper!)

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4. Rolo Timassie says:

   October 1, 2004 at 7:30 pm

   Does anyone have a cite to the “Ramtha” decision? Given Arica Institute v. Palmer, 970 F.2d 1067 (2d Cir. 1992), I’m skeptical that the result is being described correctly.

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5. Joseph Pietro Riolo says:

   October 2, 2004 at 7:50 am

   Commenting on Branko Collin’s comment:

   Religious people in the Judeo-Christian religion
   are usually hypocrite in respect to copyright.
   First, they claim that their religious works come
   from the gifts of the Almighty One. Then, they
   have the nerve to lay claim of ownership on the
   works for their own monetary increases and personal
   control and gains, already forgetting that the gifts
   they received are totally free and the gifts are
   meant to edify the common people.

   It is one of the reasons why I drastically reduce
   my expenses on the religious goods, shifting my
   expenses to religious goods that are already in
   the public domain (i.e. old books). Better to
   receive free spiritual guide from the above than
   to waste money on the works that will not be free
   for the rest of my lifetime.

   Sad but then, hypocrisy exists since the beginning of
   the world.

   (This is not to say that they can’t sell books and other
   religious goods to support themselves. This focuses
   only on tangible things while the above focuses on
   ownership on intangible things.)

   Joseph Pietro Riolo
   <[email protected]>

   Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions
   in this comment in the public domain.

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