On 20/3/03 11:55 am, Bob Croxford wrote:
> The British architect of the Pompidou Centre has been collecting
> royalties from postcard and guide book publishers for years. EDF have
> claimed copyright on the flood lighting of the Eiffel Tower. Many stock
> picture libraries will not accept pictures of the Eiffel Tower at night
> as a consequence.
Bob
Clearly a case of the law being an ass or just crazy. If you take a photo of
the Pompidou Centre or the Eiffel Tower, you are NOT copying or reproducing
the frigin' thing. You are creating an original work.
If someone then takes your photograph and manipulates it, includes it in
another media or makes a direct copy, then they are clearly infringing your
copyright if they use it in any form or copy without your permission.
If someone builds a replica of the Pompidou Centre or the Eiffel Tower, then
they are clearly infringing copyright if permission was not sought or
licence terms agreed.
How have the French justified their ludicrous law? And why hasn't anyone or
anybody challenged it in a court of law?
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