] Chief executive for the Recording Industry Association of ] America, Hilary Rosen, is helping draft copyright ] legislation for the New Iraq, according to investigative ] journalist Gregory Palast. ] ] "Who's really going to win this war? It looks like ] Madonna," Palast told Democracy Now radio. "Where before, ] they feared Saddam Hussein, now they have to fear Sony ] Records will chop off their hands if they bootleg a ] Madonna album." ] Under Iraqi copyright legislation, passed by The ] Revolution Leadership Council in 1971, a copyright lapses ] 25 years after the death of the author, but no more then ] fifty years after the publication of the work. It's ] shorter for private works, and there are several public ] interest exemptions. Iraq, Mickey Mouse would like to have a few words with you.. |