This BBC article as well as this earlier one hints at the possibility that people might assert a "copyright" in the design of the famous Kalashnikov AK-47 rifle.
That is somewhat confusing. How would the design of a rifle qualify as a "literary and artistic work"?
Link found at MPI.
Posted by Karl-Friedrich Lenz at February 7, 2004 06:08 PM | TrackBackThis really look like the french vision of copyright where copyright is absolute and can cover anything from doors design to paintings.
Posted by: Jean-Baptiste Soufron on February 9, 2004 02:47 AM