To say nothing of your argument around painting the Eiffel Tower (which I assume you meant in a different sense than the article...) It has been legal to photo

To say nothing of your argument around painting the Eiffel Tower (which I assume you meant in a different sense than the article...) It has been legal to photograph the Eiffel Tower since 1993 (its copyright expired.) It is legal to take photographs of the Eiffel Tower's light show since Oct 2016 ("freedom of panorama") unless used for commercial purposes.