{"id":51543,"date":"2015-06-21T12:25:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T18:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/21\/good-bye-european-panoramas.html"},"modified":"2015-06-22T15:07:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T21:07:53","slug":"good-bye-european-panoramas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/21\/good-bye-european-panoramas.html","title":{"rendered":"Good-bye, European Panoramas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The EU is looking at a copyright reform bill that would require commercial use of any copyrighted public work — buildings, art, etc. — to require prior authorization and, possibly, payment before they could be used.<\/p>\n

So putting together a tour book of Europe? Better get permission before you include any pictures (even ones taken by tourists) of works under copyright. Have a TV show that does a panoramic sweep across a major European capital? They may rely on a narrower picture (or none at all) rather than seek out each copyright holder and possibly have to pay them off.<\/p>\n

It seems to me that if you are putting your art out on display — especially a building — you are inviting photography and videos of same. Sure, a photo of Sculpture X that is turned into a poster should earn something to the copyright holder. But a photo of Sculpture X in a montage of scenes around City Y strikes me as something very different, even though it may no longer considered as such by the EU.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nShould photographers be able to include copyrighted public building and sculptures in photos without having to worry about payment or permissions? The conc\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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