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Update: Sony now "forgiven" by Church

DVDBack23 @ Oct 24, 2007 19:06 | 21 comments

Earlier this year, we reported that the Manchester Cathedral was upset at Sony because a replica of the holy building was used without permission in the hit game Resistance: Fall of Man.

Although Sony has apologized, they refuse to admit any wrong doing, and it seems that it doesn't matter anymore.

"I think some important lessons have been learnt," said the Dean of Manchester, speaking to the BBC. "So we forgive Sony for what they have done, even though they still believe they have done no wrong."

"In an industry that is breaking new frontiers, it is important that long held traditions of film and television are maintained. These traditions include having courtesy, respecting the dignity of your subject, and admitting when mistakes have been made," he added.

"In so many ways Sony have failed to live up to these standards by disrespecting people of faith and the victims of gun crime in Manchester," he finally noted.

In what should not be a surprise to anyone, the Dean also added that visits to the Cathedral had substantially increased since the controversy.

Source:

Gi.biz

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Comment by: nobrainer (Oct 24, 2007 19:31)

i hope sony gave a large donation to manchester cathedral for using their building in a commercial project without prior consent from the owners! hang on does that fall into IP violations grey area?

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Oct 24, 2007 20:47)

nobrainer
yep,they whined got their 15 min of fame and probably alil hush money from sony....talk about fine upstanding people here....

Comment by: munx (Oct 24, 2007 21:05)

edited by dvdback23

First and only warning to anyone here, do not bring any religious comments into your posts.

Comment by: vinny13 (Oct 25, 2007 01:02)

Lmao

Comment by: 26r0cK (Oct 25, 2007 03:21)

..and here we thought that churches should easily forgive others should they not? lol

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Oct 25, 2007 03:27)

Originally posted by 26r0cK:
..and here we thought that churches should easily forgive others should they not? lol

that only comes after the barbecue ^^

Comment by: borhan9 (Oct 25, 2007 05:10)

It took the Church a long time to give forgivness for such a small desgretion i thought it would have happened a lot sooner than that.

Comment by: pryme_H (Oct 25, 2007 12:36)

Wow! How ironic...LOL!




Whatever's clever...

Comment by: WARLOCK83 (Oct 25, 2007 13:02)

But its ok for churches to use copyrighted logos on there t-shirts, stickers, etc. Hmmm, the churches are the ones that sould be looking for forgivness.

Comment by: RNR1995 (Oct 25, 2007 13:24)

I wonder how much they paid to be "forgiven" LOL

Comment by: davidrose (Oct 25, 2007 15:20)

Really sad, SONY SONY you are forgiven. Now the Dean visits to the Cathedral. Too bad.

Comment by: BludRayne (Oct 25, 2007 16:28)

Manchester Cathedral can kiss my ass. I hate Sony, but I have to side with them on this one. Sony did nothing wrong, it's just a building! I bet the cathedral was thrilled when they found out about it.

Comment by: wetsparks (Oct 25, 2007 19:10)

Quote:
In what should not be a surprise to anyone, the Dean also added that visits to the Cathedral had substantially increased since the controversy.

I think that says everything right there. The people who ran the church didn't like how it was used, but all the people that it brought made it worth while to them.

Comment by: editmon (Oct 25, 2007 19:42)

$$$$$$$$, can I get an Amen for SONY!

Comment by: pacman33 (Oct 26, 2007 07:47)

More people doesn't mean more money, and do you really think sony paid them? i doubt it, because don't you think they would have done something like upgraded there cathedral or opened a second one? They probably dropped it and shut up because they realized that it was pretty much free advertisement and that there were more guests coming in.
I do have to side with sony, I don't think there is anything wrong with using a building from RL in a game, seriously, if you look around there are buildings of every sort, thats like Some gas station freaking out at rockstar because there is a look alike in a grand theft auto.

Comment by: chwoolgar (Oct 26, 2007 12:06)

Soon enough films will have to pay every building that is glimpsed in a scene!! I dont see the problem to be honest and what the hell was the priest doing playing Resistance:Fall of man? lol


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Comment by: 7thsinger (Oct 26, 2007 12:33)

Originally posted by chwoolgar:
I dont see the problem to be honest and what the hell was the priest doing playing Resistance:Fall of man? lol

A man of the cloth can enjoy some kickin' video games now and again...right? No sex, but he can play video games.

Comment by: pryme_H (Oct 26, 2007 13:00)

The man can't procreate; hence, he recreates(ion)LOL!




Whatever's clever...

Comment by: chwoolgar (Oct 26, 2007 13:24)

lol, like the comments

Comment by: chwoolgar (Oct 26, 2007 13:24)

EDIT: Sorry, double post

Comment by: madman91 (Oct 28, 2007 05:33)

But.. that doesn't make sense. What if GOD told Sony to do it? What now you stupid people.

Religion....

   

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