--- From: "Roger Parloff" <rparloffat_private> To: "Declan McCullagh" <declanat_private> Subject: fatwa on piracy Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 07:52:53 -0400 this should do the trick: A Fatwa on Piracy IP Worldwide There's a battle being waged to stop the rampant piracy of records, software, movies and books in Egypt, whose 65 million people make up the Middle East's biggest consumer market. In February, the Business Software Alliance signed up an unusual partner -- the grand muftis at Al Azhar in Cairo. And the highest religious authority in Sunni Islam issued a fatwa, or edict, against piracy. http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZ5YOJ9V1D&live=true&cst=1&pc=0&pa=0&s=News&ExpIgnore=true&showsummary=0 --- Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 10:23:55 -0400 From: Ernest Miller <ernest.millerat_private> To: declanat_private Subject: Copyright Industry Allies with Egyptian Clerics Thought you might enjoy this. Law.com has an article (A Fatwa on Piracy) pointing out how the Business Software Alliance has allied itself with Egyptian clerics to combat copyright piracy. I'd give you the link, but it is excessively long. LawMeme points out that the Eyptian religious authorities have also called for a boycott of American goods. http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=241 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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