Over Christmas, this story broke, and it made me laugh so hard I couldn’t let it pass without commenting. From the Guardian:
Egypt is planning to pass a law that would exact royalty payments from anyone found making copies of the country’s ancient monuments or museum pieces, including the pyramids.
Although the story is clearly barmy, it’s fun to imagine a bunch of developing world delegates getting together during a comfort break at WIPO and asking themselves the question: why is copyright term roughly the same length of time as the history of the Hollywood film industry?
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