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Violate Copyright, Go to Hell

The Counterfeit Chic (sheik not Chick) blog postulates an interesting question for the Papalcy in her post Some Knockoff Artists Go to Jail, Others Go to Hell:

"The strange part of the Vatican's new awareness of intellectual property rights is that Christianity probably wouldn't have gotten very far if copyright (or related performance rights) had been around 2,000 years ago.  Christian culture, once it moved beyond its Jewish roots, was all about missionary work and permissive appropriation of the message, not excessive control.  Go out and spread the gospel? Not if you have to pay royalties."

Vatican 'cashes in' by putting price on the Pope's copyright