The Eiffel Tower in the meme is as illegal as the Rattaouile frame since if the photo is from a broadcast the royalties have already been dealt with.
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ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
It’s illegal to post photos of the Eiffel Tower at night. (No one cares.)
Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
Really?
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
The lighting is copyrighted, so it’s technically copyright infringement.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
I’m sorry, fucking what?
How can lighting, or the sight of something be copyright?
Fuck what wonderful captialistic hellscape we live in
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Architecture is an artistic medium, so it’s subject to copyright. It gets a little complicated though, because this wasn’t legally decided until the latter half of the 20th century.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I’ll start obeying French law when they extradite Roman Polanski
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 months ago
He’s not in France, so that’s tricky.