Lessig

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

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!)

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
<riolo@voicenet.com>

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