We aren't profiting from these works (right?)...from what Riana quoted
it seems that the law speaks against that...
-Giggy
On Dec 27, 2007 9:10 AM, Riana <wiki.riana(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 27/12/2007, Ayelie
<ayelie.at.large(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I understand that, but really I don't think that's what they mean. Does
anyone have a link to the details? I'm sure they'll lay it out more clearly
in the actual laws... without being able to distribute *photographs* of the
buildings tourism could go smack, as most photographers are not going to
want to pay and those photos are part of the whole reason why Egypt is such
a popular tourist destination. I'm pretty certain they mean replicas of
monuments and artifacts that are created (such as the stated example of the
ones in Las Vegas).
More particularly, note "the law would apply to full-scale replicas of any
object in any museum in Egypt." Is a photograph considered a "full-scale
replica"? It's a 2D representation, I doubt they intend to include these in
the law.
Let's find some more sources and read the fine print before worrying our
heads
off here.
I'm reading it about it on a different article
http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,22972831-5014090,00.html which
says:
However, the law "does not forbid local or international artists from
profiting from drawings and other reproductions of pharaonic and Egyptian
monuments from all eras - as long as they don't make exact copies."
"Artists have the right to be inspired by everything that surrounds them,
including monuments," he said.
Potential fine print argument - if you make lighting, camera angles,
perspective etc unique enough, you can claim copyright? I'm not so great
with derivative works, perhaps someone could clarify that. I wonder if we'll
have a lot of photos looking up the Sphinx's nose at twilight, now :-s
--
Riana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Riana
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Riana
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