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Church of Scientology copyright suit backfires |
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Written by Felix Da Silva (fdasilva@bitnip.com)
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 |
 The Church of Scientology's copyright suit to stop people seeing an 'enthusiastic' video of Tom Cruise
talking about his faith have backfired spectacularly and made it a current affair.
According to the Press Association, Scientologists tried to use copyright law to force video-sharing site YouTube to
remove the material. In addition, the videos of Tom Cruise can also can be seen on BBC's website.
However, because of the Church of Scientology's suit, the video has now become a current affair or news. Under the s. 30 of the UK CDPA (Copyright Design and Patents Act), the BBC is protected under 'fair dealing' for reporting news and current
affairs.
In the blogosphere, the general consensus of the video made Cruise and the Church of Scientology seem crazier than they already are. Having seen the video myself, it doesn't seem crazier to me than some religion that tries to sell themselves to others.
I might not completely understand what they stand for but I can tell you one thing. If it wasn't for the copyright suit by the Church of Scientology, I would have never seen this video.
Judge for yourself and see the video while it is still available and see what the hoopla is all about.
I have noticed that they are playing the "Mission Impossible" theme in the background. I'm quite sure there's still copyright protection in that song and I wonder if the Church of Scientology is infringing any copyright by including it in their video.
Wouldn't it be funny if they got sued for infringing someone's copyright? I would but maybe it's just me.
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