--- Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
7. If pre-occupation Iraqi law would provide
protection for this
photograph, it should be recognized for a period of
at least 25 years
after the date of first publication. There is ample
time before we need
to determine whether that period of time should be
longer.
Really? This is interesting, because Saddam law might
have ruled it illegal to drive tanks over his statues,
and take pictures of him in his underwear. Current
"law" in Iraq doesnt seem to hold those "rights"
inviolate. Theres a similar issue with Nazi-era
photographs, etc. Does Germany claim Deutchland™ for
anything Fuhrer™?
I don't know whether this is better characterized as irrational or
incoherent. There is no suggestion that President Hussein was the
personal copyright holder for the photograph. Your ramblings have
nothing to do with copyright. It doesn't seem right to want to punish
all the citixens of a country just because you don't like its former
president.
Ec