Keith Willshaw

"Vince" <vpilutis@> wrote in message
news:486920B5.2000209@...
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> Keith Willshaw wrote:
>> "Chris H" <chris@phaedsys.org> wrote in message
>> news:E7w3Y9E9KIaIFA41@phaedsys....
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>>>Apparently the Eiffel Tower, Paris, *IS* copyrighted but only at night...
>>>and it is prohibited to take pictures in Trafalgar Square, London. Both
>>>restrictions generally ignored AFAIK as I have done both.
>>>
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>> The Eiffel Tower CAN be photographed but such images may not be
>> used commercially unless licensed. Stephane Dieu the head of the
>> company that owns the copyright stated '"It is really just a way to
>> manage
>> commercial use of the image, so that it isn't used in ways we don't
>> approve."
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> Yawn! They would have to have about 100 of more people who's only job
> would be to look online and in magazines and newspapers so called
> "un-licensed" photos and besides how could they enforce it in other
> nations?
>

Copyright laws are enforceable internationally under the terms of the Berne
Convention and the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty

I doubt that Joe Blogg's Deli is at much risk but any multinational
would likely find a writ arriving.

Keith