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- nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -7/+78I love how the article says the church does not approve of piracy. If Jesus were alive today he would have received a letter in the mail after that "feed the 5000" stunt.
"From the Law office of Berkman, Wolfwitz, and Sandberg:
It recently came to our attention that you purchased two fish and 5 loaves of bread from out client GENERAL MILLS (herein known as the COMPLAINER). You are perfectly free to distribute these items others; however, duplicating such items is a violation of the property rights of the COMPLAINER. Your two fish and five loaves cost you $7.15 and were intended to feed a maximum of 8 people. We estimate your infringement on the COMPLAINER's rights to be $4450. However, as a special consideration for you, we will allow you to settle this matter by visiting the website below and paying a substantially reduced sum using Visa, MasterCard, or American Express. If you do not settle this complaint using the aforementioned website, we may pursue further civil action.
www.cheaperthanalawyer.com
Sincerely,
Eli Sandberg" - nsummy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+43To dispute everyone's claims on here, this guy was a sacristan, not a priest; Everyone can now stop the pedophilia jokes. In case anyone is wondering, a sacristan is an officer in charge of the religious room where the sacred vessels and vestments are. This room is known as a sacristy. Also, the first clue that this man wasn't a priest was the fact that him and his SON were accused.
- nepawoods, on 10/12/2007, -7/+43He wasn't a priest.
- jtaz90s, on 10/12/2007, -32/+59glad to see priests branching out into new and more useful forms of criminal activity
- mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19I used to be a sacristan. You can volunteer for that job actually.
- dreicher, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1914,000 CDs and DVDs
40,000 inlay cards
222,000 jewel boxes
Somebody needs to work on their ordering skills! - scott9378, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16He didn't read it wrong, it was written wrong. They have punctuation for a (pause).
- gmagana, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16HE WAS NOT A PRIEST.. jeez.. it's clearly stated he was a sacristan. This is what a sacristan is:
A person in charge of the sacristy and its contents is called a sacrist or a sacristan.
This is what a sacristy is:
A sacristy is a room for keeping vestments (such as the cassock and chasuble) and other church furnishings, sacred vessels, and church treasures. The sacristy is usually located inside the church, but it could be an annex or separate building (as in some monasteries).
In other words: HE WAS NOT A PRIEST... - DiggingDeep, on 10/12/2007, -9/+18He got in trouble for distributing The Da Vinci Code.
- tacroy, on 10/12/2007, -8/+16Personally I think its horrible that someone that high up would be such a hypocrite, good to see the back of him. On a related note, it will be interesting to see how many diggers condemn him while arguing that piracy is not a crime in other threads.
- spyrochaete, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Turning water to wine is a breach of the DMCA
- davidrools, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7it was a witty comment (pause) not!
- nepawoods, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10"Personally I think its horrible that someone that high up would be such a hypocrite..."
I'm not sure it's all that high up. And why is he a hypocrite? Is there any indication he ever said copying DVDs was wrong, or theft? - minox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2A sacristan is not a powerful position. The article, in an attempt to try to point out hypocrisy, is embellishing the facts. I know a sacristan who makes something like 20,000 a year. Oh what a powerful position.
- Travelsonic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"...charge of downloading and distributing thousands of copyrighted movies and music albums"
No,
Distributing the copyrighted works without authorization or permission from the copyright holder.
It may not seem like it maters now, but when you tell somebody who buys the biased spin on the truth to download a file you made, you copyrighted and allowed for free share, and he/she refuses on the grounds that it is copyrighted alone... you see my point. - carpespasm, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4so was the davinci code, what's your point?
- WickedDrag0oN, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Dude if you wanted to be safe from most laws, the church was where to do it. Ill be damned that the MPAA and RIAA broke down those doors too. Whats next? Cuba?
- my10cent, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1RIAA Take that even GOD bless Piracy, now back off you sons of Satan
- jtaz90s, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nowadays the sacristan is elected or appointed. The "Cæremoniale episcoporum" prescribed that in cathedral and collegiate churches the SACRISTAN SHOULD BE A PRIEST, and describes his duties in regard to the sacristy, the Blessed Eucharist, the baptismal font, the holy oils, the sacred relics, the decoration of the church for the different seasons and feasts, the preparation of what is necessary for the various ceremonies, the pregustation in pontifical Mass, the ringing of the church bells, the preservation of order in the church, and the distribution of Masses; and finally it suggests that one or two canons be appointed each year to supervise the work of the sacristan and his assistants.
--straight from the catholic encyclopedia... - minox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Church official" I am guessing that is being used rather loosely. Being a sacristan, even at a cathedral, is somewhat like being a parking attendant at the Ritz. A sacristan isn't even ordained. What's next? You might as well say that Christians are on a crime spree in America, since most Americans are Christian.
- smek2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Thou shalt not steal"
- Spo8, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1And then God created BitTorrent, and saw that it was good.
- Amorrn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Hey, he probably got the idea from the bible.
In fact, God violated the DMCA by copying work written down by Moses:
"The LORD said to Moses, 'Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.'"-Exodus 34:1 - Raidendesu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Peer 2 Peer for Jesus!
...the red one on the left. - mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Ahh here come the ignorant...
- ButtSmudge, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0They found Axxo?
- mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2eh?
- wootmacs, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1I might just go to church, now.
- Rosco, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1don't fark with the Italian Cartels.
- pirotess, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3If you're gettting god's grace then use it.
- VaporBro, on 10/26/2007, -7/+1More like sirDOUCHIEST
- pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -11/+4watklax: you read it wrong, it wasn't "man priests", it was "man (pause) priests"
- unicronband, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2You know, "The Passion" was the most pirated movie at the time it came out.
- ceralor, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2He probably taped it to share, too.
- rheaume, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2WHO CARES
- SirNoobius, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4we know that because little boys don't get pregnant
- KuntaKinte, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2i'm waiting for preists to start flashing gang sings and call each other homey
- audiowizard, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1IRONY!!!!
The catholic church once held copyright over the Bible...only allowing ordained ministers the right to read/speak from the book....
http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/banned.htm
LOL! - invertedcorner, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2Haha gotta love the 'men of god'
- drivebymaster, on 10/12/2007, -26/+14Man priests are involved in EVERYTHING...robberies, pedophiles, and now piracy...whats next?
- outhouseinput, on 10/12/2007, -15/+3RE: Unauthorized Distribution of Copyrighted Motion Pictures
Protocol:BitTorrent Jesussauce edition LITE
IP Address: 666.666.6.66
Date of Infringement: 12/25/2004 at 7:58 a.m. EST (GMT -0500)
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) represents the following motion picture production and distribution companies:
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Paramount Pictures Corporation
TriStar Pictures, Inc.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
United Artists Pictures, Inc.
United Artists Corporation
Universal City Studios LLLP
Warner Bros. Entertainment Company Inc.
We have received information that you are providing Internet or Usenet access to the above referenced account holder, or hosting the above referenced Internet site, which has made available the download or streaming of copyrighted motion picture(s) including such title(s) as:
JERRY FALWEL'S JESUS EXTRAVAGANZA - TS - LORDM0v13z.avi
PAT ROBERTSON GOES TO UGANDA TO BUY BLOOD DIAMONDS - DVDRiP 100% compression - JESUS.avi
51 YEARS OF RELIGIOUS TELETHONS -- INCLUDES RARE ROBERTSON INTERVIEW WITH DEVIL - CAM - C0R1NTHIANS.avi
ONE NIGHT IN WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH RARE UNRELEASED -- DVDRiP -- CaptainJesus.avi
The distribution of unauthorized copies of copyrighted motion pictures constitutes copyright infringement under the Copyright Act 1968 ("Act").
We draw your attention to section 101(1) of the Copyright Act 1968 which
provides:
"Subject to this Act, a copyright subsisting by virtue of this Part is infringed by a person, not being the owner of the copyright and without the license of the owner of the copyright, does in Australia, or authorizes the doing in Australia of, any act comprised in the copyright."
Under sections 115 and 116 of the Act, a person whose rights are infringed in breach of the Act may seek civil remedies including (amongst other remedies) an injunction and either damages or an account of profits. Additional damages may be imposed by the court where warranted by the nature of the infringement.
Additionally, if you fail to take the steps as set out below, you will be in breach of section 313(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) which requires your company to use its best efforts to prevent telecommunications networks and facilities from being used in the commission of offenses against Commonwealth laws. Under section 132(2) of the Copyright Act, a Commonwealth law, it is an offense knowingly to make cinematograph films available to be downloaded without the permission of the owners of the copyright subsisting in those films.
The Telecommunications Act provides that a corporation may be liable for a penalty of up to $10 million (USD) in respect of a breach of section 313(1). An individual who is knowingly concerned in or party to the breach may be liable for a penalty of up to $50,000. We note that under Act, your company, and its officers, employees and agents, will be protected from liability damages arising from taking the steps outlined above if they do so in performance of the obligation imposed by section 313(1).
We request that you immediately do the following:
1) Disable access to this site;
2) Remove this site from your server; and
3) Take appropriate action against the account holder under your Abuse Policy/Terms of Service Agreement.
4) Seek religious counseling (only joking, of course)
On behalf of the respective owners of the exclusive rights to the copyrighted material at issue in this notice, we hereby state, that we have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owners, their respective agents, or the law.
Also, we hereby state, that the information in this notification is accurate and that we are authorized to act on behalf of the owners of the exclusive rights being infringed as set forth in this notification.
Please contact us at the above listed address or by replying to this email should you have any questions. Kindly include the above noted Reference number in the subject line of all email correspondence.
We thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Your prompt response is requested.
Respectfully,
Motion Picture Association
Christian Coalition, Inc.
Tom DeLay lobbying services, Inc. - knoit911, on 10/12/2007, -14/+1women priests are nuns, right?
- watklax, on 10/12/2007, -18/+2@drivebymaster
as opposed to WOMEN priests? lol.
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