Church Official Arrested in Piracy Crackdown
Written by Ernesto on April 17, 2007An Italian sacristan was arrested on the charge of downloading and distributing thousands of copyrighted movies and music albums. The man, who is in charge of the holy sacristy of the Naples’ main cathedral, is allegedly heading a large scale Piracy cartel.
The sacristan of the Duomo di Napoli, referred to as S.V. by the Italian police, is believed to be the head of a criminal network of 11 members. The man, and also his son, are held responsible for downloading most of the pirated material that was distributed by the network.
The police confiscated 14,000 CDs and DVDs containing pirated movies and music along with 143 burners, 222,000 jewel boxes and 40,000 inlay cards. The alleged pirates, including the sacristan and his son, are facing several years behind bars.
Pope Benedict XVI was not available to comment, and although the Catholic Church has a habit of promoting reproduction, it does not approve of Piracy.
In 2003 God himself had some issues with Reverend Alfred Jackson, a minister at the church of St. Cecilia in Kansas City, because he was “spreading the word”. Back then God said that ’spreading the Gospel’ was not a valid defense for distributing copyrighted materials.”
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just wait til jesus hear about this.
I’ve got to start going to church more often…
jesus has no problems with “piracy”.
He was a heave fish and bread “criminal” and “thief” too!
Imagine if the “bakery and fisherman association” have had laywers back then, They had sued him for trillions of lost sales!
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Only problem is that the bakery and fisherman association is not one business. They’re are many bakers, fishermen, etc. No real way to sue. It’d have to be a monopoly, which means the MPAA and RIAA are illegal. Wait a minute….
how long it take to download so many
Downloading songs makes baby jesus cry.
He will burn in hell for this…not! Seriously, if he’s not allowed to have sex what else is he going to do in his spare time?!
Well, from raping lil boys to promoting piracy…maybe if they have turned to piracy, lets hope that means they have given up on lil boys…one can hope
Somebody just sin!
pass round the collection bowl 5 dollars for a new release
finally, an amendment to the commandments. The RIAA, MPAA, CIA, NSA (blah blah blah) Shalt open thy holy can of whoppith asseth upon ye who has peer 2 peer in my name…
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Hitchhiker Nation
Yes the church don’t approve of piracy, wink wink, but Nazism, pedophilia, crusades, inquisitions, genocide … that’s fine
Piracy of music takes many forms. I am a distributor of sacred music online. One “trick” that seems to be favored by many God-fearing musicians is to buy a single copy of a piece of choral music, then photocopy as required for their choirs. I daresay, this happens more often than not.
http://www.churchmusic.com
http://www.churchmusicpublications.com
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