Re: Epson 1280/ MIS Perpetual Color Ink

[Peter Tattersall <ptatters@mac.com>]

On Thursday, June 13, 2002, at 04:53  PM, Jerry Olson wrote:

> And there's nothing from stopping professional photographers from taking
> a photo of the tower at night, either. I'd be Damned if I'd pay anything
> to anybody to photograph a national monument! Not a dime! That's almost
> like Exxon claiming ownership of the sun and adding a $25 fee on your
> monthly utility bill.
>
> Jerry

 From the Official Eiffel Tower Website FAQ page (http://www.tour-
eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/pratique/faq/index.html):

"There are no restrictions on publishing a picture of the Tower by day. 
Photos taken at night when the lights are aglow are subjected to 
copyright laws, and fees for the right to publish must be paid to the 
SNTE."

If you take a picture for your own use, you're OK, but expect a 
copyright fight if you shoot for commercial purposes.

As for it being a national monument, it's actually owned by the City of 
Paris rather than France itself, so I suppose you could argue that it 
isn't a National monument at all - though it is the most well-known 
monument in the world, according to the web site. Again from the FAQ:

"The Tower belongs to the city of Paris, which contracted the operations 
to a limited company, the Société Nouvelle d'Exploitation de la Tour 
Eiffel (SNTE)."
and
"... the operating company, the Société Nouvelle d'Exploitation de la 
Tour Eiffel, gives the majority of its benefits from revenues back to 
the city of Paris."

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