Lee, I don't know if it is total non-sense. That's why I posted it on the group. My friend who has been a professional videographer for 17 years is very level headed and this is what he told me. I guess the best way to find out is to contact the city of San Diego, California and see if it is true. Are there any professional videographers on this group from San Diego.
I remember about 10 years ago, the city of Hollywood, California tried to sue or make other cities around the country with the name of Hollywood change their name. In San Antonio, we have a subdivision called Hollywood Park and they were sued by Hollywood, California. The judge ruled against Hollywood, California. Since this idea of copyrighting the city skyline is coming out of California, it wouldn't surprise me if it is true. I'll try to contact the city government of San Diego to see if this is true. Like I say, my friend who told me this is very straight forward about the video business. By the way, I am in the process of writing some royalty free music. I have a copy right on it, but I am offering it as royalty free and giving permission to anyone who wants to use it in their video or audio productions. The first song is called Landstuhl Polka. Here's the link: http://www.mypianoworld.com/landstuhlpolka.mp3 It took me about 4 hours to compose this little 1:30 minute musical landscape. Writing music is just as time consuming as video editing, that's why it is best to purchase royalty free music CD's. I spent 48 hours on my first DVD. But, I was also in the learning stage, so that is why it took so long. The other song is a Calypso song (Calypso Beach): http://www.mypianoworld.com/calypsobeach.mp3 John ----- Original Message ----- From: lmenningen To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 8:27 AM Subject: Re: [AP] Extreme copyrights My first reaction is that this is total non-sense. But is it? Lee --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Sounds like the EU to me.... > > On Sun, 1 Jan 2006, Road Runner wrote: > > > A friend of mine who has been in the videography business for the last 17 years > > told me that large cities such as San Francisco, San Diego, and the such have > > copyrighted the image of their city skyline. > > > > He used to live in San Diego, and he said that you cannot video tape the skyline of > > San Diego and put it in one of your productions unless you pay the City of San Diego > > a copy right fee which I think he said was about $30. > > > > Has anyone else ever heard of such an extreme copyright rule? Does that mean you have to > > pay New York City a fee to use a video clip of their skyline which would include the > > Statue of Liberty and the other tall buildings. If this is true, pretty soon some one is going > > to copyright the air we breathe and demand a "use" fee for breathing it. > > > > John > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "Adobe-Premiere" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
