Egpyt to copyright Pyramids - Page 2

Aliantha · 01-01-2008, 05:42 AM

The Pyramids as we know them are a lot more than a stack of rocks. As you well know, they hold religious significance to the extent that they are burial tombs for kings who were living Gods.

I think they will win the right to this copywrite, but people will still make knock off souveniers because they wont be exact replicas and therefor not subject to copywrite law.

Ibby · 01-01-2008, 05:58 AM

*wince*

It's copyright, not copywrite. As in, the right to copy.

TheMercenary · 01-01-2008, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

The Pyramids as we know them are a lot more than a stack of rocks. As you well know, they hold religious significance to the extent that they are burial tombs for kings who were living Gods.

I think they will win the right to this copywrite, but people will still make knock off souveniers because they wont be exact replicas and therefor not subject to copywrite law.

And the Bald Eagle and our Stars and Stripes are much more than colors and a bird to millions of non-Americans.

richlevy · 01-01-2008, 09:32 AM

The government of Egypt did not build or design the pyramids, the architect Imhotep did, sometime around 2630 B.C.E. Assuming anyone wants to enforce a 4600-year-old copyright, then his descendants own the rights to the pyramid unless he signed a work-for-hire contract with his employer, the Pharoah Djoser.

I'm pretty sure Djoser forgot to secure the video rights too.

Griff · 01-01-2008, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

The government of Egypt did not build or design the pyramids, the architect Imhotep did, sometime around 2630 B.C.E. Assuming anyone wants to enforce a 4600-year-old copyright, then his descendants own the rights to the pyramid unless he signed a work-for-hire contract with his employer, the Pharoah Djoser.

I'm pretty sure Djoser forgot to secure the video rights too.

I was just about to say this. Under our view of copyright they have no case.

SteveDallas · 01-01-2008, 10:38 AM

You'd think so, wouldn't you?

Or would you?

Aliantha · 01-01-2008, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

*wince*

It's copyright, not copywrite. As in, the right to copy.

lucky no one cares if you can spell or not huh?

glatt · 01-03-2008, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

you can't put a copywrite on colours.

Sure you can. See for example, Blue Monochrome copyright 1961 by Yves Klein.

Also, the color PINK is a registered trademark of Owens Corning.

Aliantha · 01-03-2008, 06:35 PM

Cadbury lost an argument about their purple colour over here glatt. Apparently they're appealing the decision. Time will tell I guess. Here's one article about it.
With regard to the colours red, white and blue, there are a huge number of flags that use the exact same colours. I think if it were possible to copyright those three colours, someone already would have done so.

richlevy · 01-13-2008, 03:49 PM

I use artificial sweeteners. I buy generic blue packets which are Aspertame, sold as Equal(tm) in blue packets. I also sometimes find generic pink packets which are a dextrose and saccharin, the ingredients in Sweet'N Low (tm), sold in pink packets. Soon there will be a generic equivalent of the ssucralose sold as Splenda (tm) in the same yellow packet.

Everyone seems happy with this arrangement.

01-01-2008, 05:42 AM	#16
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	The Pyramids as we know them are a lot more than a stack of rocks. As you well know, they hold religious significance to the extent that they are burial tombs for kings who were living Gods. I think they will win the right to this copywrite, but people will still make knock off souveniers because they wont be exact replicas and therefor not subject to copywrite law. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-01-2008, 05:58 AM	#17
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	wince It's copyright, not copywrite. As in, the right to copy. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

01-01-2008, 09:32 AM	#19
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	The government of Egypt did not build or design the pyramids, the architect Imhotep did, sometime around 2630 B.C.E. Assuming anyone wants to enforce a 4600-year-old copyright, then his descendants own the rights to the pyramid unless he signed a work-for-hire contract with his employer, the Pharoah Djoser. I'm pretty sure Djoser forgot to secure the video rights too. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

01-03-2008, 06:35 PM	#24
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Cadbury lost an argument about their purple colour over here glatt. Apparently they're appealing the decision. Time will tell I guess. Here's one article about it. With regard to the colours red, white and blue, there are a huge number of flags that use the exact same colours. I think if it were possible to copyright those three colours, someone already would have done so. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-13-2008, 03:49 PM	#25
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I use artificial sweeteners. I buy generic blue packets which are Aspertame, sold as Equal(tm) in blue packets. I also sometimes find generic pink packets which are a dextrose and saccharin, the ingredients in Sweet'N Low (tm), sold in pink packets. Soon there will be a generic equivalent of the ssucralose sold as Splenda (tm) in the same yellow packet. Everyone seems happy with this arrangement. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

01-01-2008, 10:38 AM	#21
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	You'd think so, wouldn't you? Or would you?

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