Comments on: Sony v The Church of England http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/06/18/sony-v-the-church-of-england/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/06/18/sony-v-the-church-of-england/comment-page-1/#comment-5259 Cyde Weys Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:55:48 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/06/18/sony-v-the-church-of-england/#comment-5259 I don't really care how real world gun violence is viewed, the point is we are talking about fictional violence in a videogame <em>against aliens</em>. There's no valid comparison against anything in the real world. I reject the validity of your assertion "Well, upkeep needs to be paid for, so let's rustle up a bunch of money we're not entitled to using flimsy premises." Do you <em>really</em> think money needs to change hands when likenesses of buildings that are hundreds of years old are made in virtual mock-ups? Do you know what the copyright period is in the UK? Do you know what public domain is? I don’t really care how real world gun violence is viewed, the point is we are talking about fictional violence in a videogame against aliens. There’s no valid comparison against anything in the real world. I reject the validity of your assertion “Well, upkeep needs to be paid for, so let’s rustle up a bunch of money we’re not entitled to using flimsy premises.”

Do you really think money needs to change hands when likenesses of buildings that are hundreds of years old are made in virtual mock-ups? Do you know what the copyright period is in the UK? Do you know what public domain is?

]]> By: Gordon http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/06/18/sony-v-the-church-of-england/comment-page-1/#comment-5232 Gordon Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:21:30 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/06/18/sony-v-the-church-of-england/#comment-5232 Well, in Britain gun violence is still viewed as an aberration, not as an unavoidable feature of city life. So picking Manchester Cathedral of all places is somewhat off-colour. Second, whatever your personal view of organized religion is, the cathedral building is part of the cultural heritage of the nation and upkeep has to be paid for. Photography licenses are one way to pay the builders, but if you have alternative ideas you could make suggestions to the Bishop. Well, in Britain gun violence is still viewed as an aberration, not as an unavoidable feature of city life. So picking Manchester Cathedral of all places is somewhat off-colour. Second, whatever your personal view of organized religion is, the cathedral building is part of the cultural heritage of the nation and upkeep has to be paid for. Photography licenses are one way to pay the builders, but if you have alternative ideas you could make suggestions to the Bishop.

]]> By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/06/18/sony-v-the-church-of-england/comment-page-1/#comment-5091 Cyde Weys Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:32:14 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/06/18/sony-v-the-church-of-england/#comment-5091 Gordon: No, I can't say that I did know that. So Manchester is like America's Washington DC, Detroit, or Baltimore? Anyway, I can't say that I see the relevance though. Gordon: No, I can’t say that I did know that. So Manchester is like America’s Washington DC, Detroit, or Baltimore? Anyway, I can’t say that I see the relevance though.

]]> By: Gordon http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/06/18/sony-v-the-church-of-england/comment-page-1/#comment-5056 Gordon Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:15:01 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/06/18/sony-v-the-church-of-england/#comment-5056 You know that Manchester is the shootings capital of the UK, don't you? You know that Manchester is the shootings capital of the UK, don’t you?

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