] 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..

The Register | RIAA's Rosen 'writing Iraq copyright laws'