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https://www.abc4.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-21-153118.jpg

https://gileriodekel.com/2026/04/the-lds-church-is-suing-mormon-stories/

That being said, the LDS church has pointed out that the thumbnail for this video has a picture of the Ogden Temple’s sealing room – a picture that is owned by the LDS church. Removing copyrighted materials was nice, but it kinda falls flat when Mormon Stories then goes and uses more copyrighted materials during mediation.

"It wasn’t fair use. He was using it for advertisement and social media thumbnail, not for the actual discussion and criticism. Fair use requires all 4 criteria to be met and he doesn’t with the way he was using them.

If his usage was part of the discussion of a particular episode related to that topic, he might be able to claim fair use, but you don’t get to say “my podcast is about Mormonism, so every single usage I make of LDS church copyrighted material is fair use” is straight malarkey."

https://www.reddit.com/r/mormon/comments/1ssrf0g/comment/ohpq29s/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Commend directly to Dehlin...

"You let your company encroach onto the church's brand even if you didn't realize it! You were cooked the second you went live with your rebrand! Corporate lawyers are like tigers in the bushes quietly building up a case to strike! You messed up big time dude."

https://www.reddit.com/r/mormon/comments/1ssv0d4/comment/ohp8ae6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

"But fair use requires that the thing being used is the object of the criticism or commentary. Lets use a very on the nose example

Allowed fair use: you use a picture of Joseph smith with his face in a hat and a picture with the plates on the table to criticize disparities between accounts. You are literally criticizing the depictions of copyrighted art

Not fair use: you use copyrighted church logos and artwork in a podcast advertisement or intro that are tangentially tied to the church and maybe even the topic of the podcast, but not the object of criticism

These are distinct differences and his usage (both before and the new ones he put up during mediation) was of the latter type. He wasn’t making any discussion or commentary on the copyrighted materials. He just used them because he is lazy and needed artwork/filler for intro/outro and advertisement."

https://www.reddit.com/r/mormon/comments/1srpm2q/comment/ohkafe1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button