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WHAT? You can't take a picture of a public place in France and own (or release) the copyright?
by outside1234 11y ago
WHAT? You can't take a picture of a public place in France and own (or release) the copyright?
- rhblake 11y agoDepends. In France, a building can in itself be copyrighted, meaning you'd technially need permission from the "author" to publish a picture of it, unless the copyright has expired. [0] Here's a funny one: in France, the Eiffel Tower copyright has expired; however, courts have deemed that the lighting display on the tower is a protected work, still copyrighted. Meaning you are allowed to publish pictures of the Eiffel Tower taken at day, but not at night -- unless you have permission. [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama#European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama#European_U... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower#Image_copyright_claims https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower#Image_copyright_c...
- panglott 11y agoWow, I did not think that copyright law could get worse than in the United States. Thinking in US terms, it sounds like the argument that if you take a picture of your kids with a building in the background, the picture is a derivative work of the building's architect. Madness.