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Re:Microsoft Designer by jodrellblank on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @10:24AM (#35070112)
France must get a lot of money from all the photos of the Eiffel Tower on the internet. Has anyone been sued/convicted of breaking that and paid reparations?
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Re:Microsoft Designer by luxcem on Thursday March 09, 2023 @12:00PM (#35083490)
Fun fact, the Eiffel Tower architecture is not protected since 1990, but the lighting is. So it's illegal to use commercialy a night time photo of the tower[1][2].

I don't think anybody has ever been sued but the SETE (Société d'exploitation de la tour Eiffel) do make money with the image.

[1] https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/business/use-image-of-eiffel...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower#Illumination_copy...

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