Very, very few buildings are under copyright here in the US. Only a few and
they use their edifice as their LOGO. If you use a photo of their edifice
for commercial use, it implies their endorsement. If you just sell a photo
of their edifice for the photo's artistic value, they are probably without
complaint.
Regards,
Bob...
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"The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose
as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers
with the smallest possible amount of hissing."
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert,
minister of finance to French King Louis XIV
From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 15/8/05, Bob Blakely, discombobulated, unleashed:
Go to NYC and photograph the NY Stock Exchange building and attempt to use
the image for commercial purposes without their express written
permission.
Let me know the results.
Mercifully we don't have quite the same system over here in the UK. If I
were to publish this picture
<http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic33.html>
as a postcard and sold it through some shops in London, I would not
expect Sir Norman Foster's lawyers to tap me on the shoulder. If there
was a recognisable human face in the shot, different story.
