Re: Copyright in the Dead Sea Scrolls? How?

Paul Robinson <paul[_at_]tdr.com> writes:
>
> Paul Robinson wrote:
> >
> > Didn't any of the alleged shysters ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H lawyers on this
> > list consider how serious a matter it would be to allow a plaintiff in a
> > copyright case to sue someone outside of the jurisdiction where the
> > incident occurred? If the alleged "infringement" - assuming there can be
> > a copyright on a work which is several hundred or several thousand years
> > old - occurred in the U.S., then that is the place where the suit should
> > be founded.
>
> And don't completely discount copyright in the ancient document. A
> number of countries extend copyright-like protection to ancient tribal
> art. It does not seem at all unusual to me for Israel to also protect
> such important historical documents in a similar fashion (if that is
> what they have done).

English law gives perpetual copyright to 'Peter Pan'

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