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The anti-Islam
hatemongerer Dutch MP Geert Wilders, whose malicious
film Fitna has appeared on the obnoxious websites, in
his enthusiasm to offend Islam and Muslims, forgot to
secure copyright on footage used in the movie. Observers
think that this move was for the purpose of grabbing all
the profits by his own, and depriving his colleagues who
are in the business of making money out of their
anti-Islam blasphemy. All his pretensions about freedom
of speech and democracy are as farcical as his movie is.
Danish newspaper
cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose depiction of the
Prophet Mohammed with a bomb in his turban sparked
violent protests in 2006, wailed and mourned on Dutch TV
that Wilders used his work without permission, thus
violating the copyright rules. Even the blasphemies
against Islam and Muslims are legally protected under
the copyright in the Scandinavian and other European
countries.
It was no other
than Westergaard himself who defended Wilders and argued
that the Dutch MP should show his film despite
government warnings. On behalf of Westergaard, the
Danish Union of Journalists says it will now sue Wilders
for copyright infringement. The Danish Union did not
disclose though how much it stood to gain from this
money making game.
Not to forget Dutch
director Rob Muntz who was surprised to see a clip of an
interview he conducted with Theo van Gogh, the offensive
Dutch filmmaker. Muntz says he never gave permission. He
may join in the legal action to ensure that he does not
miss out from this rare opportunity of banking on the
blasphemies to his advantage.
It was more than
fourteen centuries ago that the Arabian Peninsula
displayed the signs of the Era of Ignorance. It is after
fourteen centuries - in this 21st century - that some of
the segments of the Dutch and Danish cultures are
reverting back to the age of Ignorance through their
malicious enterprise of making money out of
hatemongering. |
