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It's illegal to post photos of the Eiffel Tower at night. (No one cares.)
Really?
The lighting is copyrighted, so it's technically copyright infringement. They only seem to care if you do it in a professional/commercial capacity though.
I'm sorry, fucking what?
How can lighting, or the sight of something be copyright?
Fuck what wonderful captialistic hellscape we live in
Architecture is an artistic medium, so it's subject to copyright. It gets a little complicated though, because this wasn't legally decided until the latter half of the 20th century.
While architecture could be copyrighted. Public buildings are excluded from that for obvious reasons. This includes the eifel tower.
Does the architect hold the copyright of a photograph that a photographer has taken though?
I can see it getting murky quickly. What if the building is in frame, but is not the focus of the photograph. Can the architect still claim copyright infringement on that particular photo?
I'll start obeying French law when they extradite Roman Polanski
He's not in France, so that's tricky.
The Eiffel Tower in the meme is as illegal as the Rattaouile frame since if the photo is from a broadcast the royalties have already been dealt with.