[Leica] Tour Eiffel, was: National trust photography rules

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Thanks Lucien,

I'm happy the dayshots aren't copyrighted anymore. I remembered this story
because once a certain advertising agency failed to check it, sold a
campaign with the Eiffel tower in it, shot it, published it, and then
discovered a vast non-calculated invoice for the rights in their mailbox.
Since then the rule of thumb is: if you want to shoot something for
advertising, check that there aren't any copyrights pending on what's
visible in picture. Sometimes we take the risk, and not do it, too.

Philippe



> From: Lucien <director@ubi.edu>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:38:36 +0200
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Tour Eiffel, was: National trust photography rules
> 
> 
> Philippe Orlent wrote :
> 
>> It's a disgrace: this true dictatorship. What about basic human
>> rights?
>> Something similar is valid for the Eiffeltower, too. But in that
>> case the
>> copyrights are in the hands of 1 individual instead of a trust. If
>> I recall
>> correctly, that is.
> 
> 
> Philippe,
> 
> The Eiffel Tower is not copyrighted anymore during the day.
> 
> It's only during the night, because they can redesign the lights
> every few years and copyright it again.
> 
> Lucien
> 
> Quote :
> 
> http://www.avocats-publishing.com/L-image-des-biens-sur-lesquels-s
> 
> "Une ?uvre peut ?tre tomb?e dans le domaine public et ?tre encore
> soumise ? un droit d?auteur : Le cas typique est celui de la tour
> Eiffel, la p?riode de protection pour cette ?uvre est expir?e, il est
> donc possible de r?aliser des clich?s librement en journ?e, mais le
> soir lorsqu?elle s?illumine, il convient alors de se tourner vers le
> cr?ateur"
> 
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