[Commons-l] o rly?

[Alex G]

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 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27/12/2007, Ayelie <ayelie.at.large at 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
>
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