[Leica] Tour Eiffel, was: National trust photography rules

[director at ubi.edu (Lucien)]

Philippe Orlent wrote :

> It's a disgrace: this true dictatorship. What about basic human  
> rights?
> Something similar is valid for the Eiffeltower, too. But in that  
> case the
> copyrights are in the hands of 1 individual instead of a trust. If  
> I recall
> correctly, that is.


Philippe,

The Eiffel Tower is not copyrighted anymore during the day.

It's only during the night, because they can redesign the lights  
every few years and copyright it again.

Lucien

Quote :

http://www.avocats-publishing.com/L-image-des-biens-sur-lesquels-s

"Une ?uvre peut ?tre tomb?e dans le domaine public et ?tre encore  
soumise ? un droit d?auteur : Le cas typique est celui de la tour  
Eiffel, la p?riode de protection pour cette ?uvre est expir?e, il est  
donc possible de r?aliser des clich?s librement en journ?e, mais le  
soir lorsqu?elle s?illumine, il convient alors de se tourner vers le  
cr?ateur"