Comments on: Million Pound Qu’rans http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/ Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Vrijheid! http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/comment-page-1/#comment-51035 Vrijheid! Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:35:35 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/#comment-51035 For a second I thought it read "Millions pound Quran" and I was like 'oh MAN'. I was pleasantly surprised. For a second I thought it read “Millions pound Quran” and I was like ‘oh MAN’. I was pleasantly surprised.

]]> By: Andrew Reynolds http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/comment-page-1/#comment-50690 Andrew Reynolds Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:25:06 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/#comment-50690 Antish, If I remember my history correctly copyright only really became an issue with the invention and spread of the printing press, when the IP in a book became a significant portion of its value. As printing was banned under the Ottoman Caliphs right up to the 18th C it was not really an issue. Antish,
If I remember my history correctly copyright only really became an issue with the invention and spread of the printing press, when the IP in a book became a significant portion of its value.
As printing was banned under the Ottoman Caliphs right up to the 18th C it was not really an issue.

]]> By: Amir http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/comment-page-1/#comment-50685 Amir Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:18:51 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/#comment-50685 I have the Austrians at LewRockwell.com on the list to the right. I'll add <a href="http://mises.org">Mises.org</a> as well. I have the Austrians at LewRockwell.com on the list to the right. I’ll add Mises.org as well.

]]> By: Eudaemonion http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/comment-page-1/#comment-50679 Eudaemonion Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:39:15 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/#comment-50679 There is Amir thinking like an Austrian. Perchance, is there a possibility of seeing Mises up there among the links. There is Amir thinking like an Austrian.

Perchance, is there a possibility of seeing Mises up there among the links.

]]> By: Antish http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/comment-page-1/#comment-50435 Antish Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:49:07 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/#comment-50435 Umm, wot? Non sequiteur there, old bean. Umm, wot? Non sequiteur there, old bean.

]]> By: Yusuf http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/comment-page-1/#comment-50393 Yusuf Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:28:05 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/#comment-50393 Antish, I wonder how much an omnibus of your collected "works" will be worth in a thousand years? Antish,

I wonder how much an omnibus of your collected “works” will be worth in a thousand years?

]]> By: Antish http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/comment-page-1/#comment-50372 Antish Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:20:27 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/#comment-50372 Amir, I do agree with you, but given the extreme respect with which the actual book is treated in Islam (as opposed to the meaning of the book), I'm surprised that profit-making (and no doubt riba-using) companies are allowed to print the Koran. Under the caliphate was it any different? Did the Caliph hold earthly copyright on the Koran? Amir, I do agree with you, but given the extreme respect with which the actual book is treated in Islam (as opposed to the meaning of the book), I’m surprised that profit-making (and no doubt riba-using) companies are allowed to print the Koran.

Under the caliphate was it any different? Did the Caliph hold earthly copyright on the Koran?

]]> By: Amir http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/comment-page-1/#comment-50371 Amir Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:07:55 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/#comment-50371 Antish, the vast majority of them would be given away as they are printed by the Saudi government and distributed around the world. As I recall, they even have a message emblazoned on the inside that it is not to be resold. However, I don't see the problem with selling copies of the Qu'ran given there is obviously a cost in producing and distributing them; and, furthermore, selling them ensures that that the people who receive a copy are actually interested in reading it and will treat it appropriately. Antish, the vast majority of them would be given away as they are printed by the Saudi government and distributed around the world. As I recall, they even have a message emblazoned on the inside that it is not to be resold.

However, I don’t see the problem with selling copies of the Qu’ran given there is obviously a cost in producing and distributing them; and, furthermore, selling them ensures that that the people who receive a copy are actually interested in reading it and will treat it appropriately.

]]> By: Sara Tancredi http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/comment-page-1/#comment-50369 Sara Tancredi Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:03:36 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/#comment-50369 Antish, question: Are you ever a positive person? Antish, question:

Are you ever a positive person?

]]> By: Antish http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/comment-page-1/#comment-50367 Antish Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:59:13 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/11/04/million-pound-qurans/#comment-50367 PS - I know that you're using 'ancient' colloquially, but even so, 7thC isn't 'ancient', and I doubt that Islamic items remotely as old as that being sold on ebay. PS – I know that you’re using ‘ancient’ colloquially, but even so, 7thC isn’t ‘ancient’, and I doubt that Islamic items remotely as old as that being sold on ebay.

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