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Fake Taj Mahal
Status: Replica
A film director in Bangladesh has announced plans to build an exact replica of the Taj Mahal. He's going to use the same marble and stone as the original, but to save time he's using machinery (rather than thousands of peasant workers) to construct it. His reason for building it: "Everyone dreams about seeing the Taj Mahal but very few Bangladeshis can make the trip because it's too expensive for them."All of this has upset officials in India who have threatened to sue for copyright infringement because "You can't just go and copy historical monuments."
Personally, I think I'd find the fake Taj Mahal more interesting than the real thing. Link: Times Online
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Categories: Places Posted by Alex on Mon Dec 15, 2008 |
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"Fake" is the entire premise of Las Vegas!
Posted by Cranky Media Guy on Mon Dec 15, 2008 at 03:11 AM
The Yamousoukro cathedral, in Africa (Ivory Coest, I think) is a replica of St Peter of Rome. Apparently there was no copyright problem with it.
Posted by Christophe Thill on Mon Dec 15, 2008 at 06:01 AM
"You can't just go and copy historical monuments."
Wow, Nashville's going to have to tear down its Parthenon.
Posted by Big Gary in Athens, Texas on Mon Dec 15, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Wow, Nashville's going to have to tear down its Parthenon.
There are several copies and mutations of the Stonehenge monument in the USA alone. Here is a link if you are interested:
http://www.luckymojo.com/stonehenge.html
Posted by fuzzfoot in potland, or on Mon Dec 15, 2008 at 11:44 AM
http://www.luckymojo.com/stonehenge.html
Well, I don't know about Indian law, but US copyright law doesn't protect architecture built prior to 1990.
Posted by AqueousBoy on Mon Dec 15, 2008 at 02:32 PM
I think if he completes the intended monument, with the mirror of the black stone mausoleum at the opposite shore, he might get more tourist traffic than the original!
Posted by Jenn in Arizona on Thu Dec 25, 2008 at 06:10 PM
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