I won't put up with it, Jerry! It's not a crime!
Posted on 08/14/2006 9:03:38 AM PDT by Colofornian
"Thou shalt not criticize Mormons for _______."
I think this is the 11th commandment.
These are free pageants, so there's no copyright violation
A free presentation of a performance does not invalidate any copyright claims.
As to the rest, sounds like a turf war.
Old Revelation:
LDS rules Salt Lake City.
Seriously, though, most Mormons I've run into seem pretty cool.
Had to be a lot of ankles in THAT pageant
Sounds like a possible copyright violation (or privacy-rights violation) to me.
Scientologists are nuts but like Mormons, they don't blow themselves up in crowded resturaunts and that's good enough for me.
I won't put up with it, Jerry! It's not a crime!
Is this still public land while it is being leased?
Gays have been wearing rainbows to catholic masses recently, whiuch the church finds disrupting and insulting.
Mormons should be allowed their privacy, including the courtesy of not being filmed when you are trying to pray.
If true, (1) would have already been sued by now; (2) this would be a matter for courts to sort out post public distribution of tapes; not a matter for sherriff's department to pre-emptively arrest.
These kind of public event pageants are briefly videotaped all the time by the MSM, and no arrests are made there. So the difference between being subject to arrest or not subject to arrest is whether you have MAINSTREAM written on the cap of your hat?
One wonders what makes them so afraid or ashamed of what they put forth in the pageants that they don't want any probing of it. Perhaps unlike Biblical truth, it won't stand up to challenges.
So this guy thinks that if he goes to a free screening of the Passion of the Christ it is OK to videotape it and use it in his own products. Genius! Just because an event is held in a public venue or on public property does not make the performance public domain. Half the concerts in America are held in publicly owned stadiums or theaters but he should try taping the Rolling Stones for his own use.
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(That's a rhetorical question mark. You are plain nuts.)
Shooting from the hip here, but:
1) I don't think there are any privacy issues with recording something in a public place.
2) I don't think there are any copyright issues with recording a public display of anything(otherwise we could all be in jail). Copyright issues arise with rebroadcast or sale.
Someone will certainly correct me.
Okay, was Heston--when he's playing the role of Moses in the 10 Commandments--actually praying at that time? Doubtful. It was a public performance. (I can just imagine Heston saying..."Hey, the script calls for me to pray at this juncture...turn off the cameras.")
They darned well better! AND they'd better be able to build a pretty strong case, one that will withstand non-Mormon scrutiny during the appeal. Otherwise, methinks the Mormon Brownshirts are in for a drubbing.
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