Egypt To Adopt Monumental Copyright Law
source: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hGhJUxebdPsEOUZ3O5S8f_6VhHww
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Bad news if you were planning to erect an exact replica of the sphinx in your back garden. Egypt is going to pass a law requiring payment of royalties for reproductions of its ancient monuments. "The new law will completely prohibit the duplication of historic Egyptian monuments which the Supreme Council of Antiquities considers 100-percent copies," he said.
This could deliver a big blow on themed resorts like Las Vegas. But the law doesn't forbid artists from drawing inspiration from the pyramids and other monuments, as long as they don't make exact copies.
That's good. I think it would be hard to copyright a geometric shape.
This could deliver a big blow on themed resorts like Las Vegas. But the law doesn't forbid artists from drawing inspiration from the pyramids and other monuments, as long as they don't make exact copies.
That's good. I think it would be hard to copyright a geometric shape.
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csmonut
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In the US it can be updated by relatives. I wonder what the relatives of the builders of the pyramids have to say? :)
- 4 years ago
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csmonut
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Vierotchka
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Doesn't copyright expire seventy years after the death of the author? :)
- 4 years ago
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Vierotchka
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csmonut
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Very hard to copyright the shape. This won't hurt Las Vegas. Anything they do is beyond reality.
- 4 years ago
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csmonut
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abbym0308
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Maybe Egypt needs to reclaim the essence of the pyramids. Check out this Current pod about a trip to visit the 'tourist trap' that is the great pyramids of Giza.
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abbym0308
