While in Paris on several occasions during the 1970's, I took a number of photos of the Eiffel Tower at night: since these predated any grant of copyright, I think I would contest any claim upon the copyright by a third party, and also amongst others on the grounds I am not a EU citizen and therefore not subject to their laws while outside the territory. On a more general note, I agree that the world has gone crazy, with corporates trying to control images beyond any reasonable extent, and suing, in the USA, companies outside the USA for trade mark infringement where the defendant has used the brand long before the existence of the appellant's brand.
I refer to the response of the commander of US forces at Bastogne - "Nuts". John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: Ralf R Radermacher <fotor...@gmx.de> Sent: Friday, 1 July 2022 7:39 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Why It's Illegal to Take Photos of the Eiffel Tower at Night Am 30.06.22 um 20:57 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: > https://www.cntraveler.com/story/why-its-illegal-to-take-photos-of-the-eiffel-tower-at-night The company running the Eiffel Tower (SETE) have the rights not to the tower itself but the nightly illumination. fotocommunity.de have a special agreement with them to the effect that you may publish those photos via your account on their website if you add a mention transferring the SETE the rights to the image. And it's not only the Eiffel Tower. There's a rule in Belgium saying that you aren't allowed to publish photos of the Atomium in Brussels regardless if they've been taken by day or night. As of January 28, 2022, it is no longer allowed to take and publish photos of the two Belgian nuclear power stations near Liège and Antwerp. The whole world is goin crazier by the day. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
