The IPKat's judicial friend from Norway, Torger Kielland, has sent him this news item concerning Egypt's proposal to pass a law requiring payment of royalties whenever its ancient monuments, from the pyramids to the sphinx, are reproduced. According to Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, this move was necessary to pay for the upkeep of the country's thousands of pharaonic sites:
"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. 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".The proposed law will not however 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.

Pyramid sales here
Coconut pyramids here
Building of the pyramids here and here
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