Murder in the Cathedral
While in Manchester, England for the Hypertext 2007 Conference I had to take some illicit photos of the interior of the cathedral that has been a site of the intellectual property dispute between Sony -- as publisher of the videogame Resistance: Fall of Man -- and the Church of England, which is claiming ownership rights over the sacred space that was modeled in the game without their permission. A sign warns that "The images of the Cathedral remain the property of the Dean and Canons of Manchester."
There is some interesting analysis of the controversy by Ian Bogost here that demonstrates his knowledge of the edifice's long history of devastation and reconstruction, but I think Bogost wouldn't describe it as an "impressive monument" if he had traveled to the site in person to see the building's relatively modest real-life scale.
Note the comparative size of the people in the foreground.
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