Egypt to Copyright Pyramids and Other Ancient Monuments

According to news reports, Egypt is going to pass a copyright law that will require royalties to be paid when replicas of ancient monuments or museum pieces are made. Zahi Hawass, who is the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that these royalties will be needed in order to maintain the ancient monuments.

This law will apply to replicas of any type of object in any Egyptian museum that are full-scale, and will hurt several Egyptian themed resorts all around the world. Using these monuments for commercial use will have to be controlled, and permission from the Egyptian government will be required in order to use them for private use.

However, there will be no royalties for those whose reproduced monuments are not exact replicas. The law is currently not in affect, but it is expected that Egypt will pass this law soon. At first it seemed like a way for Egypt to try and make money from various resorts around the world, but considering the fact that thousands of ancient sites have to be maintained makes it understandable.