Mexico Wants Payment For Aztec Images

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?"

Comments

How about an exchange?

[c1ay]

The Mexican government collects some token fee for these images and pays the U.S. government for all of the U.S. medical care provided to Mexican citizens in our Emergency Rooms. Fair is fair right. Shouldn't those parties that are actually owed something be able to collect it?

Mexican idiots: GO AWAY !!!

[nomad63]

If it is up to Mexican reconquistas, US residents should pack up and go back to the motherland, i.e. Europe, leaving the land to them. This royalty for thousand years old images is another display of the same sentiment. I live in Souther California (or northern Mexico if you choose to say so) and this reconquista movement is getting to my nerves. If your ancestors were stupid enough to sell the land to the US, don't come crying to me now, asking it back. Go pound sand. I am really touch about these people's behaviour. I did not come to the US and overcome every bureaucratic hurdle to become a US citizen to listen to the Mexican La Raza idiots. I want to kick them in the ass for such stupid demands.

My response letter would look something like:

[Low Ranked Craig]

Mexican government
To whom it may concern:

Fuck off.

Sincerely,

Starbucks

And I want payment for...

[re_organeyes]

The minivan. I had the idea when I was a mere teenager back in the 60's.

What's the problem here, Mexico not making enough money off of the drug lords or is the Obama mentality migrating south? If Mexico really wants payment for those images, they have a lot more people to go after than just Starbucks. A quick google search for Aztec images will net you quite a few different websites that use those images not only for show, but to make a profit.