Egypt to Copyright Pyramids and Sphynx

empaler writes "We all know the usual pro-copyright arguments. Most of them hinge on the fact that the individual or company that has a copyright needs an incentive to make something that is copyrightable, and therefore ensure a revenue stream in a period after the copyright has been granted. In a never-surpassed move, Egypt is working on legislation to extend copyright well above 3000 years — they are going to start claiming royalties for using likenesses of the Sphynx and the Pyramids. It is still unclear whether the original intent of the Pyramids included 'making sure them bastards pay for a plastic copy in 3000 years' alongside 'securing a pathway to the heavens for the God King.' Speaking as a Greenlandic national, I want dibs on ice cubes." It sounds straight out of The Onion, but instead you can read another story on the BBC.

Comments

Take this Egypt!

[Slashdot Suxxors]

/_\
Can't stop me from making pyramids!

Re:Take this Egypt!

[Anonymous Coward]

That's a trapezoid, you geometrically challenged clod!

US Treasury is Effed

[longacre]

How much are the royalties going to be for each dollar bill in circulation?

Re:US Treasury is Effed

[SailorSpork]

Oh come on, the pyramids on the dollar bill is obviously fair use: parody! I mean, look at the giant floating eyeball on top of it! I roll over with laughter every time I see that thing...

Re:US Treasury is Effed

[Ignis Flatus]

How much are the royalties going to be for each dollar bill in circulation?

that's a recursion problem, because we'll just print more dollars to pay the bill. so the limit of, um, lemme see if i can find my old calculus book...

Re:US Treasury is Effed

[rubycodez]

That's the All-Seeing Eye of Ra, and you've really pissed Him off with your flippancy. No solar power for j00.

Re:US Treasury is Effed

[Samarian Hillbilly]

They are also suing Israel in international court for all the gold they took out of Egypt during the Exodus. Israel has yet to counter-sue for back wages for slave-labor on the pyramids. I guess this is part of a general strategy by the Egyptian government to insure their revenue stream w/o engaging in productive activity. They learned from SCM and Apple Core.

Copyright extension in reverse...?

[Anonymous Coward]

What will they call it? The Sun God Bono Copyright Term Extension Act?

Fuck!

[Junior J. Junior III]

There goes my plans to get rich quickly by making copies of pyramids and sphinxes and selling them on the street for way lower than the original pyramid and sphinx.

This is...

[UnCivil Liberty]

a total pyramid scheme...