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The light display that occurs at night is copyrighted, meaning photos of the tower at night can't be used commercially.
by Sebguer 4y ago
The light display that occurs at night is copyrighted, meaning photos of the tower at night can't be used commercially.
- jacquesm 4y agoI'd say 'screw that' and publish my pictures anyway. It's in about as public a space as is possible, and I'd love to see them win in court to claim copyright over 3/4 of the night sky of a major European city.
- Sebguer 4y agoI think the general consensus is that no one's going to get in trouble for posting pictures, e.g. on twitter or instagram or their personal site, but I believe that there have been cases of folks being pursued for using them for commercial purposes. There's definitely a fair bit of people claiming that personal use might also run afoul, but it seems to be the normal baseless panic you see around this stuff rather than anything to legitimately worry about.
- ksaj 4y agoToronto's CN Tower has a nightly "strip" of lights that change and flow, etc. Sometimes you can detect movement, and that is because quite often it is actually showing slices of an image. This is what it looks like when you make a stream of the lightshow. As far as I know, they never copyrighted it, and it is a super cool way to celebrate various events. For example, on Remembrance Day it shows poppies and other related images. On Canada Day, lots of Canadian images from across the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqFMbXMfS9Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqFMbXMfS9Q