I don't know, it seems like a quite recent trend for me. For example in France they are now blurring the national railway company logo in news and tv shows. Whi

I don't know, it seems like a quite recent trend for me. For example in France they are now blurring the national railway company logo in news and tv shows. Which is a totally pointless action since it is on a railway station and there is (basically) only one railway company. Not to mention their logo is extremely recognisable even when blurred. More recently I saw a show about clothing where they put some duct tape over Nike logos on shoes. Are there laws that prohibit you from showing brands in videos shot in public places now? If Nike did not want to be recognised they would not put their giant logo on everything.