Saturday, April 11, 2009

Copyright...we don't need no stinkin' copyright!


So do you think the "Gifts Shop" is full of official merchandise? This picture shows further evidence that copyright and trademark are very much a Western world construction. Copyright/trademark acknowledgment is generally non-existent in the Middle Eastern and Asian (except Japan) countries that I've visited. I haven't been to Africa, but I assume it's similar. This gift shop is just outside Petra, which, as I mentioned in the previous post, was featured in an Indiana Jones movie. Notice the high quality graphics on the sign.

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