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Egyptian Pyramids Subject Of Proposed Copyright Legislation
Amazon dotcom, Google say “Hello” to the newest group to join the copyright campaign.
“The new law will completely prohibit the duplication of historic Egyptian monuments which the Supreme Council of Antiquities considers 100-percent copies. If the law is passed then it will be applied in all countries of the world so that we can protect our interests,” so stated Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.
According to Hawass the move is to pay for the maintenance of the numerous pharaonic sites located all over the country.
Hawass further said, “It is Egypt’s right to be the only copyright owner for these monuments in order to benefit financially so we can restore, preserve and protect Egyptian monuments.”
However, he explained 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” said the controversial yet charismatic Egyptian official.
But wait!
Al-Wafd an Egyptian daily newspaper published an article on which called for the Las Vegas hotel, Luxor Hotel to pay a slice of its lodging and gambling profits to the Egyptian city of Luxor.
The publishers of the paper believe in view of the fact thirty-five million tourists visit Las Vegas to see the reproduction of Luxor city, “only six million visit the real Egyptian city of Luxor,”
Published reports say the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas has been promoting itself on its web site as the only pyramid shaped building in the world.
We’re willing to take bets on how quickly the town of Luxor Egypt collects royalties from the hotel in Las Vegas. We don’t believe such a thing will occur in our lifetime. In fact Samir Farag, who is the head of the Luxor town council in southern Egypt, where the Valley of the Kings is located said that it would be difficult to prohibit use of pyramid shapes.
He says the council has no authority to forbid people from using the name of Luxor and copying monuments from (Luxor) city. It is the world’s richest city for monuments. Farag says “Tourists going to Las Vegas doesn’t affect our city’s business.”
We disagree with that statement. Many of the tourists who visit Las Vegas do not realize there is a city with the name of Luxor in Egypt. We suggest a tour with competitively priced packages to the real Luxor, without mentioning Egypt, could bring hordes of the geographically challenged Americans looking for a bargain Just think they’ll be educated about the world at the same time they’ll save a bundle for not being able to go to the casinos. Meanwhile the real Luxor should make out like bandits as the frantic Americans spend whatever they can to find decent accommodations. who needs copyright protection when you can count on the inherent geographic ignorance of many modern Americans to fill your cities coffers.
Many of the tourists who visit Las Vegas believe the pyramid design, as well as the pyramid shaped buildings they are seeing originated in Nevada. If they knew there was such a place in Egypt, a viable tourist destination they probably would come and leave their vacation tourist dollars in the real Luxor. They would probably pay to see the genuine monuments built to honor the pharaohs. If they can overcome the fear of foreign travel instilled in them by the Bush administration’s “Shock and Awe” therapists. After all Egypt, for those who know geography, is in the war torn Middle East, somewhere near Iraq.
Unfortunately Samir Farag the stupid people do have an affect on the bottom line for better or for worse.
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