Scientologists vs The Web - Again
Scientologists try to block Cruise YouTube rant
Scientologists are attempting to block the spread of a video clip in which Tom Cruise zealously espouses his faith in the church.
"If you're on board, you're on board, just like the rest of us," he tells those of wavering faith. We are the authorities on getting people off drugs, we can rehabilitate criminals and unite cultures," he says.
Mr Cruise's emotional testimonial is accompanied by a guitar riff playing the theme from Mission: Impossible. Cruise, a Scientologist for 20 years, has recently emerged as one of the controversial church's most outspoken proselytisers. Some suggest that the actor, 45, has been elevated to one of the highest echelons of the secretive church, cryptically known as OT-VII.
Well - this is interesting - I expect they Scientologists are playing the "copyright card" again - but this time they might have overdone it.
Did the Scientology Church pay for the licensing of the use of the "Mission Impossible " theme music by Lalo Schifrin used in this video?
If the Scientologists did license this music - what was the licensing deal? Was it based on expected number of plays based on the actual audience - rather like radio licensing?
Will the copyright holders of the Mission Impossible theme be able to claim residual payments based on the numer of times this piece of music is played?
If so - Scientology could be in big trouble - no matter how much they paid then it still might not be enough based on the zillions of times Internet users have watched this clip.
In other words "people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones ..."
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