Vatican Inc.

[Magda Hassan]

VATICAN TO GO AFTER PIRATE PAPAL DOWNLOADERS

Catholic News Agency - The Vatican made a declaration on the protection of the figure of the Pope. The statement seeks to establish and safeguard the name, image and any symbols of the Pope as being expressly for official use of the Holy See unless otherwise authorized.

The statement cited a "great increase of affection and esteem for the person of the Holy Father" in recent years as contributing to a desire to use the Pontiff's name for all manner of educational and cultural institutions, civic groups and foundations.

Due to this demand, the Vatican has felt it necessary to declare that "it alone has the right to ensure the respect due to the Successors of Peter, and therefore, to protect the figure and personal identity of the Pope from the unauthorized use of his name and/or the papal coat of arms for ends and activities which have little or nothing to do with the Catholic Church."

The declaration alludes to attempts to use ecclesiastical or pontifical symbols and logos to "attribute credibility and authority to initiatives" as another reason to establish their 'copyright' on the Holy Father's name, picture and coat of arms.

"Consequently, the use of anything referring directly to the person or office of the Supreme Pontiff... and/or the use of the title 'Pontifical,' must receive previous and express authorization from the Holy See," concluded the message released to the press.

[Jan Klimkowski]

Brand Pope here we come.

GlobalInfallibilitydotcom has today been granted global merchandising rights for the Pope and the Vatican, and will seek to maximize revenues to ensure that the Catholic Church can cover predicted massive legal costs incurred after decades of protecting paedophile priests, supporting ethnic cleansing fascist war criminals and keeping the poor in poverty.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

:evil:

[John Bevilaqua]

Brand Pope here we come.

GlobalInfallibilitydotcom has today been granted global merchandising rights for the Pope and the Vatican, and will seek to maximize revenues to ensure that the Catholic Church can cover predicted massive legal costs incurred after decades of protecting paedophile priests, supporting ethnic cleansing fascist war criminals and keeping the poor in poverty.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

:evil:

"Dominic, go frisk'em!" said the Pontiff, and so he did. And the coffers were filled, with coins and scrip, none of which would ever go to St. Nick. I will be one of the first to buy one of those really neat Knights of Malta outfits with the plumed hats with the feathers, the sharpened sabers in a scabbard with the Pontiff's seal on the handle and the sashes filled with all sorts of medals, and the epaulets on the shoulders.

"Jimmy! Come over hear for a minute!", said the new parish priest to the altar boy while hearing confessions for the first time: "What does Father O'Rourke usually give out for sodomy?"

"Why 2 Hostess Twinkies and a cold glass of milk!", he replied in a snap.

[Magda Hassan]

Brand Pope here we come.


"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

:evil:

The meek shall inherit the earth as they will be to weak to refuse it and it will only be given once the strong have finished with it. The poor will be left with the mess to clean up.

[David Guyatt]

Well, I just downloaded a bunch of images from Pope Pics Inc and didn't even get sent to Hell.

Yet.



This one is from the new remake of "Exorcist" from Satanic Screenplays - the Hollywood arm of Pope Holdings Inc.

And this one:



is from the vatican porn site "Fuck young Mums".

And from Papal Movies Inc ( a subdivision of Hell Inc., itself wholly owned by Pope Pics Inc.



Visit TorrentPope for many more downloads....

[Bruce Clemens]

...reminded me of Disney Land.

[Magda Hassan]

I find this interesting on two counts . Firstly, that the church is claiming damage for something that was never damaged or even touched in real life. Secondly, that the motion picture industry, which likes to viciously protect its 'property' from unauthorised use by others totally ignored the churches position in this case because they wanted that image come hell or high water so fuck other people's property rights. I wonder how they would accept that position if done to them?

Church sues filmmakers for destroying Rio's Christ

Posted 1 hour 10 minutes ago
Brazil's Catholic Church is suing Hollywood for using unauthorised images of Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ statue in its disaster movie 2012.
The city's archdiocese is demanding unspecified damages and interest from Columbia Pictures for showing the iconic landmark being destroyed in a worldwide apocalypse in the film that came out last year.
The archdiocese manages copyright issues related to the 40-metre statue which overlooks Rio with its arms outstretched.
Under Brazilian law, copyright resides in the author of a work until his death and is then passed on to his heirs or estate or successor entity for another 70 years.
Christ The Redeemer was created by Paul Landowski, a French artist of Polish descent, on commission from the Rio archdiocese and erected in 1931.
Landowski died in 1961, meaning the archdiocese holds copyright until 2032. The sculpture will then become part of the public domain.
Lawyer Claudine Dutra says the archdiocese allows use of images of the statue "in 99 per cent of cases".
But it turned down the film studio's request to show the statue being destroyed by a giant wave.
"The archdiocese refused the use of the religious symbol during pre-production of the movie, but Columbia Pictures did not respect the prohibition," Ms Dutra said.
Ms Dutra added that "many faithful have said they are shocked and offended by the images of the destruction of this sanctuary that the archdiocese wanted to preserve".
"We want Columbia Pictures to publicly declare that it did not intend to cause offence."
The statue is Brazil's most visited tourist monument, with 1.8 million visitors a year.
It is one of the best-known modern landmarks in the world, along with Paris's Eiffel Tower, Washington's White House and Sydney's Opera House.

[David Guyatt]

This statue:



I didn't know it was copyrighted.

Are you sure it's copyrighted?



How odd.

This one isn't because Dick is the saviour, not his earthly mis-representative.

[Magda Hassan]

That's the one. All copyrights went to the diocese in Rio and there are about 22 more years that they have claim until it goes to public domain. It is ridiculous.

[David Guyatt]

That's the one. All copyrights went to the diocese in Rio and there are about 22 more years that they have claim until it goes to public domain. It is ridiculous.

I suppose now that they no longer engage in simony - although sodomy still is rampant - every which way they can, they will try to raise a Pope's penny: