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Mexico Wants Payment For Aztec Images

Posted by samzenpus on from the montezuma's-latest-revenge dept.

innocent_white_lamb writes "Starbucks brought out a line of cups with prehistoric Aztec images on them. Now the government of Mexico wants them to pay for the use of the images. Does the copyright on an image last hundreds of years?"

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  1. Re:Good luck with that by JustNilt · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Damn, and I was trying to kludge up a car anaology. Hehe.

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  2. Re:Good luck with that by nonregistered · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Someone please mod the parent up. This is really the point.

  3. PREHISTORIC? by chizor · · Score: 0, Redundant

    calling aztec images "prehistoric" is racist. would a society without recorded history have one of the most advanced calendars of all time, still being reproduced on coffee mugs?

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  4. Really? by findawg86 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well when the aztecs return from space, they can claim their money, not mexico.

  5. Re:yes it applies by nanahuatzin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is problem is not about trademarks... there is no trademark involved. think is more like a tax, for having permision to use the image for comercial use. The fee is about 250 US per image, with unlimited right to copy. This fee allows you put "with the aproval of the department of antropology and history" and a serial number to autentify the autentication...