An acclaimed choral composer and Auburn University music professor is being sued for defamation after accusing Indiana Bible College of using one of her compositions without permission. The Pentecostal institution filed a federal lawsuit June 2 asserting Rosephanye Powell and Fred…
It could happen to you: A warning to anyone who produces online content for churches and nonprofits
A few months ago, I received a hotter-than-usual email in my inbox. Rather than a letter from an angry reader, this was the draft of a legal document accusing Baptist News Global of copyright infringement and demanding $30,000 as settlement….
LGBTQ resource center will benefit from anti-gay church’s penalties for illegal performances of Hamilton
Have you heard the one about the church that ripped off the most successful Broadway musical of the moment, rewrote parts of the script and turned it into an altar-call evangelistic event? Turns out that anti-gay church in McAllen, Texas,…
Blogger fights copyright suit
This story was edited after publishing to clarify informatin in the sixth paragraph. By Bob Allen A Baptist blogger has appealed for donations to aid a nonprofit group that is defending him against a lawsuit filed after he posted online…