Why Photos of the Eiffel Tower at Night are Illegal

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  • @halfasinteresting
    @halfasinteresting  7 ปีที่แล้ว +32164

    To clarify, just because you can find an image on Google doesn't mean it's legal. This law is very loosly enforced but still is a law.

    • @vegard3301
      @vegard3301 7 ปีที่แล้ว +458

      Half as Interesting Lol
      They probably care so much

    • @calistawaluja3070
      @calistawaluja3070 7 ปีที่แล้ว +246

      Half as Interesting
      #46 trending in singapore
      *clap clap clap*

    • @jennysandoval587
      @jennysandoval587 7 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Half as Interesting That's not necessarily the reason. In copyright there are two kinds of rights when it comes to a creation: commercial and moral (names in English may vary, since it's not my first language). The commercial right is the one you use to earn money out of your creation (you can allow people to use it with your permission) and the moral, is to give you credit (you can't give it to someone else). Therefore I think the people who has the commercial right of the design gave the photographer permission to take the picture of the tower at night.

    • @daltonbedore8396
      @daltonbedore8396 7 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      looks like my instagram is illegal in france

    • @soobinsbff1103
      @soobinsbff1103 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Half as Interesting i have a question but i dont know if you have mentioned it or not heres my question: Is it legal to take a photo of the Eiffel Tower at night for personal use not commercial? If yes is it legal if I show my friends and people the Eiffel Tower at night? *PLS ANSWER*

  • @girishkanth7770
    @girishkanth7770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6874

    Prisoner 1: "I robbed a bank"
    Prisoner 2: "I killed a guy"
    Prisoner 3:"I took pictures of the Eiffel Tower at night."

    • @kylerivera3470
      @kylerivera3470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Prisoner 4: "Hand"

    •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      That's some real sh*t
      He is the toughest guy in court

    • @Owudukan
      @Owudukan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Prisoner 4 : wow I destroyed a nokia *with my bare habds*

    • @stillplana
      @stillplana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Everyone else: *shrieks, gasps, and whispers*

    • @sharkjirachan7653
      @sharkjirachan7653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Owudukan omg how is that possible

  • @SkaTuneNetwork
    @SkaTuneNetwork 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5709

    i love how tame this video is and how increasingly unhinged this channel has gotten over the years

    • @TheHy6xD
      @TheHy6xD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      and the voice is serious

    • @michaelj.beglinjr.2804
      @michaelj.beglinjr.2804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Unhinged sells, and sells well to certain types of people.

    • @XanderL
      @XanderL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Tame? A kiddy version of the navy seal copypasta scrolls down the screen within the first minute.

    • @cheboyard
      @cheboyard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Back when it used to be a spiritual successor to That Wikipedia List

    • @beardolikeswrestling
      @beardolikeswrestling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I always like when I see channels I like commenting on other channels I like

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13989

    I feel like a cybercriminal now after Googling photos of The Eiffel Tower at night.

    • @jofx4051
      @jofx4051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Hi Some Guys

    • @jofx4051
      @jofx4051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +338

      What is strange about it is actually Eiffel tower is not copyrighted but actually the light installment itself in this case; the reason why you can take photo of it during day and there is no problem about it and it is ridiculous actually

    • @chickentail7108
      @chickentail7108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Jofx mood

    • @vivekix
      @vivekix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Personal use is ok. Commercial is illegal

    • @vivekix
      @vivekix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@jofx4051 during the day, the lights are not on

  • @vedantkale1163
    @vedantkale1163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +978

    This is why people hate copyrights. They started out as a very useful measure for intangible assets but then people abused them and have made a complete mockery out of them.

    • @zwojack7285
      @zwojack7285 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      *Insert CGP Grey video*

    • @ace74909
      @ace74909 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Let's go to China then. They have all sorts of weird knock offs and nobody really does anything

    • @Fabulousviccen
      @Fabulousviccen ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@ace74909 I don’t think they meant it this way. If it’s a public building we should be able to take pictures of it day or night and even if the lights were installed recently those laws should apply since it’s on a public building. Building the same architecture should be where the copyright starts and ends.

    • @sylvrwolflol
      @sylvrwolflol ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The law, as a universal rule, does not follow reason.
      Reason makes the law, then the law is immediately twisted and abused to the exact letter.

    • @wobblestone3148
      @wobblestone3148 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ace74909 this

  • @hshdhsjgjsjjfjs
    @hshdhsjgjsjjfjs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15674

    Me : what are you in for?
    Inmate : murdering 2 people what about you
    Me : taking pictures of Eiffel tower

    • @ilikepigeons6101
      @ilikepigeons6101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Haser xD

    • @PerStenback
      @PerStenback 5 ปีที่แล้ว +450

      Inmate moves to the far corner :D

    • @nytrex_yt7417
      @nytrex_yt7417 5 ปีที่แล้ว +343

      Inmate: *Hes to dangerous to be alive*

    • @Oliver-cg5ud
      @Oliver-cg5ud 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I know this is a joke, but for people who don't know you would jsut be fined

    • @nytrex_yt7417
      @nytrex_yt7417 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Oliver Revillo OmG iTs A jOkE r/WoOOsH
      Yes this reply is a joke

  • @obuma6459
    @obuma6459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4552

    Long story short, the tower itself's copyright has expired, but the lights that turn on at night were only installed in 1985, so their copyright is still active

    • @danaswann639
      @danaswann639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +207

      Thank you for saving me some time

    • @poeticbeauty1654
      @poeticbeauty1654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Thanks for the direct explanation. I don't have to waste my time watching.

    • @Wintersmith12
      @Wintersmith12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      If three and a half minutes is a "long story" you must have a rough time making it through the day.

    • @obuma6459
      @obuma6459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@Wintersmith12 lad I watched the video

    • @questioner1596
      @questioner1596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Also, night isn't the restriction, it's whether the lights are on. Sell as many photos as you want of it at night during a power failure.

  • @es5195
    @es5195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21721

    Me: Looks at this video
    Also me: *looks at my profile pic*

    • @samuelwalker4304
      @samuelwalker4304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2937

      YOU GOD

    • @PhiAce_0
      @PhiAce_0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2602

      YOU WHAT

    • @addust
      @addust 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1175

      change your profile picture

    • @jude4400
      @jude4400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2867

      France: 🏃‍♂️SIR,
      we have been trying to reach you about your expired car warranty.

    • @vampirethespiderbatgod9740
      @vampirethespiderbatgod9740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1379

      It's not "illegal". It's legal to take pictures or videos. But it's ILLEGAL to sell them to a third party. GET IT?

  • @BenLambert85
    @BenLambert85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Lawyer here. You don’t go to jail for copyright infringement. You also don’t go to jail - or get sued - for sharing your holiday photos, it’s only commercial use (sales, advertising etc)

    • @markyaworski4358
      @markyaworski4358 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There is a guy who went to jail for violating Microsoft's copyright on Windows.

    • @anujbahukhandi3266
      @anujbahukhandi3266 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@markyaworski4358 you are right, typically you won't go to jail in most jurisdictions unless they can prove significant financial gain, such as typically seen in software piracy and resultant theft.

    • @markyaworski4358
      @markyaworski4358 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@anujbahukhandi3266 Oddly, the guy I mentioned did not gain financially. He made copies of a disk that Microsoft gave away for free and gave them away.

    • @Swistak000
      @Swistak000 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what about fair use? this video is educational and a documentary

  • @UnPhayzable
    @UnPhayzable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17244

    "Welcome to the Salty Spittoon, how tough are ya?"
    "I took a picture of the Eiffel Tower."
    "So?"
    " *At night.* "
    "Oh shit come on in."

    • @rudhek8074
      @rudhek8074 7 ปีที่แล้ว +215

      +UnPhayzable - Hahahahahahahaha, Nice Reference!

    • @MeltTheUniverse
      @MeltTheUniverse 7 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      nice xD

    • @Drogas3653
      @Drogas3653 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Milky watch ur mouth bitch, black people dont watch this shit, so i KNOW ur not supposed to be using the N word

    • @bradyjames6511
      @bradyjames6511 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      This is the best comment I've ever seen.

    • @ItsDunk
      @ItsDunk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Smell my feet bruh Im black

  • @Blizzic
    @Blizzic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1959

    The way copyright is handled is absolutely ridiculous no matter the country. This is one of the more egregious examples.

    • @ohoh6902
      @ohoh6902 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Blizzic *ehm* *cough* *sneeze* *TH-cam monetizatio-* *cough*

    • @BBAERSTANCE1
      @BBAERSTANCE1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But its not

    • @chenaaneastman675
      @chenaaneastman675 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eteeee3

    • @MC2738
      @MC2738 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Blizzic that’s why I live in America.

    • @monicat9110
      @monicat9110 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      YOU CANNOT SHOW ANYONE A FRIDGE

  • @valiant__holland8910
    @valiant__holland8910 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3648

    Girl:i only like bad boys
    Me:I took a photo of the Eiffel Tower
    Girl:And?
    Me:At night...

  • @faby6515
    @faby6515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    "It's illegal to create a replica of the Eiffel tower at night"
    Have you ever watched Ratatouille? You know, that scene where Remi goes up?

    • @fabioalvescorrea
      @fabioalvescorrea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Maybe Pixar got the necessary authorization from the Eiffel Tower lights creators.

    • @carlosr5485
      @carlosr5485 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It wasn't real it was animated so I'm sure it had something to do with that

    • @jacobsmith4428
      @jacobsmith4428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's the lights that are copyrighted, not the structure itself. As long as they can't verifiably prove those are the same lights, that's all clear.

    • @faby6515
      @faby6515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jacobsmith4428 I dunno, sounds unrealistic saying:"not the same lights" cause they clearly specify that's Paris, what else could that be? On the other hand, I find extremely illegal what they did(IF they didn't pay to make the scene), cause they used Eiffel tower image to specificaly COMERCIAL USES, wich is explained in the video that THAT is, indeed, against copyright

    • @vbscript2
      @vbscript2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's quite prominently featured in Disney's Soarin' ride, as well (at least in Shanghai and Orlando, not sure about the other parks.) Disney presumably got a license for it.

  • @roshanm1736
    @roshanm1736 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2375

    Jail:
    Big scary guy: “What are you in here for?”
    Me: “Oh, taking a photo of the Eiffel Tower at night.”
    Big scary guy: *Backs away*

  • @akarion9917
    @akarion9917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8961

    How to make free money:
    Step one: Copyright your house
    Step two: Sue Google maps and google earth for money

    • @danielkorladis7869
      @danielkorladis7869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +424

      you'd have to get the copryright from the original architect

    • @benilt1
      @benilt1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +898

      @@danielkorladis7869 what if you designed it?

    • @gameingenious2317
      @gameingenious2317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +280

      Ok ima get some money brb

    • @itzhxrry2915
      @itzhxrry2915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +571

      @@danielkorladis7869 jokes on you my family designed our house lmao

    • @danielkorladis7869
      @danielkorladis7869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@itzhxrry2915 nice

  • @kateshelton9352
    @kateshelton9352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Is no one else dying at the random google review about it being too windy? 😂💀 The way he said it so nonchalantly killed me

  • @lucasbrunoz
    @lucasbrunoz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4725

    I never knew buildings were copyrighted!

    • @astrolouise6904
      @astrolouise6904 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LucasArg more like Landmark but I agree lol

    • @TheLuismaBeaTle
      @TheLuismaBeaTle 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Makes sense if you want to build one identically somewhere else

    • @aplusu
      @aplusu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      so stupid right, cant believed it

    • @haloljt
      @haloljt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      the US has more or less the exact same copyright laws as european countries due to the Berne Convention lmao

    • @araisannanoda3688
      @araisannanoda3688 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it's not like we owned the eiffel tower or any landmarks in Europe,so why with these so called copyrights?

  • @Elcawcaw8004
    @Elcawcaw8004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2866

    “Photos of the Eiffel Tower at night are illegal”
    Litterally everybody that doesn’t live in France : “that sign won’t stop me because I can’t read”

    • @johnvanegmond1812
      @johnvanegmond1812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Je ne suis pas capable de lire le francais!!! hon hon hon

    • @Lostouille
      @Lostouille 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      hon hon toi même

    • @dunfries_aax
      @dunfries_aax 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@johnvanegmond1812 *Meet the snorting baguette man*

    • @johnvanegmond1812
      @johnvanegmond1812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@dunfries_aax No puedo leer espanol. Jajaja ;)

    • @OreganoParsley
      @OreganoParsley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dunfries_aax lmaoo

  • @chromosoze
    @chromosoze 6 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    Shouldn't Ratatouille be banned?

  • @skeggs
    @skeggs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Dang, that transition at 02:23 was pretty smooth. Props to the boyscout!

  • @safa9408
    @safa9408 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2311

    sometimes humans are so extra bruh

    • @fduranthesee
      @fduranthesee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yup

    • @harriettoh7188
      @harriettoh7188 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Safa lol yup

    • @xAA7
      @xAA7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Commercial use probably means they'll only go after people making large profits like a music artist. Courts would be flooded if they came after everyone

    • @mullenenterprises
      @mullenenterprises 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right on Brody

    • @hana-um6do
      @hana-um6do 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tell me something I don't know.

  • @npsck1802
    @npsck1802 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5509

    I’ve probably broken a begillion laws without realizing it

    • @magigold1267
      @magigold1267 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Næp Sæck same here XD

    • @SumD-EGuy
      @SumD-EGuy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Næp Sæck I’ve probably broken a begillion laws with realizing it

    • @beepboopjaz217
      @beepboopjaz217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      You fucking rebel 😉

    • @duochirkznemesisiv8394
      @duochirkznemesisiv8394 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      To make you feel better. Law/rule is made to be broken.

    • @marquess2004
      @marquess2004 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Næp Sæck me too I have used several pictures of the Eiffel Tower during the night in my school projects and one of them was sponsored.

  • @yuujistingray2668
    @yuujistingray2668 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1704

    And this is why aliens won't talk to us.

    • @abdullahiqbal1110
      @abdullahiqbal1110 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yuuji Sherman aliens didn't even visit us

    • @gabbym1111
      @gabbym1111 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yuuji Sherman
      They’ve been talking to us

    • @minetrollerd118
      @minetrollerd118 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ARE EARTH IS F*CKING ZERO GRAVITY!

    • @mr.meeseeks6549
      @mr.meeseeks6549 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yuuji Sherman lmao an old classic meme

    • @Rio_Monique
      @Rio_Monique 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

  • @robertmoore6149
    @robertmoore6149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It isn't taking a pic of the tower at night that's illegal. It's taking a pic of the lights working and using that pic for commercial use, without compensating the artist, that's illegal.

  • @noblescorpio6495
    @noblescorpio6495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2220

    Me: takes a picture of the Eiffel Tower in the middle of a solar eclipse.

    • @drewgall2026
      @drewgall2026 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      Big brēn

    • @problem5697
      @problem5697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Big brēn

    • @thakkar007ankit
      @thakkar007ankit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Copyright is related to lights so technically it's nothing to do with night.
      If lights are on during solar eclipse it will be still illegal.

    • @Sinstarclair
      @Sinstarclair 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Bloody Brilliant

    • @3_ormorecharacters
      @3_ormorecharacters 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      well yes but actually no

  • @veobro1456
    @veobro1456 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2658

    My wallpaper is illegal?

  • @vadiks20032
    @vadiks20032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +688

    me: putting my own copyrighted stone on earth
    all satelites: RIP

    • @shantanu6892
      @shantanu6892 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Think if we all do it.
      😁😁

    • @chicysai
      @chicysai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      COPYRIGHTED STONEJJSJSJSJ

    • @PhiAce_0
      @PhiAce_0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They gotta pay 5 bucks every time they take a photo of that

    • @Gussyboy06
      @Gussyboy06 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@PhiAce_0
      Breaking news: google goes bankrupt after paying man billions because of a copyrighted rock

  • @K.Dilkington
    @K.Dilkington 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Proof copyright laws are dumb

  • @elijahpepe
    @elijahpepe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1588

    “So, why did you go to prison?”
    “I took a photo of the Eiffel Tower at night.”
    “Come with me, sir. We need to create a VIP lounge for you.

    • @fleajaee
      @fleajaee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      elijahpepe VIP lounge? No that dude deserves in solitary confinement

    • @muhdshuhairi609
      @muhdshuhairi609 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@fleajaee
      Just schedule that guy for execution

    • @maryhester5086
      @maryhester5086 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      noooooooo he needs a country dedicated to him/her

  • @pramsu1
    @pramsu1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2204

    e

  • @YOLOTABBXD
    @YOLOTABBXD 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2586

    I did a PowerPoint of the eiffel tower 2 years ago and i had a picture of it in the night AND showed it to my class 😂😂😂😂😂 damn it feels good to be a gangster

    • @julien4305
      @julien4305 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      YOLOTABBXD Your teacher and classmates have no idea it is illegal so.......no one cares

    • @eggowaffleenterprises4251
      @eggowaffleenterprises4251 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Damn bro ur supa savage

    • @eevee1583
      @eevee1583 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      YOLOTABBXD SAVAGE

    • @SerenityScratch
      @SerenityScratch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      YOLOTABBXD you aren't a "gangster" because you didn't sell that picture of the Eiffel Tower.

    • @doggocat4464
      @doggocat4464 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      YOLOTABBXD
      It’s not illegal if you didn’t make money off of it. If you did, wtf school do you go to?

  • @Kingofshmoeland82
    @Kingofshmoeland82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    this is a great illustration as to why humanity is doomed!

  • @Alltimeboxing
    @Alltimeboxing 7 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    I'm french and never heard of this. Eiffel tower is filmed and photographed every day and every night by thousands of ppl/tourists. Plus with all the crime, the terrorism, and considering how full prisons are and how busy cops are.... there are approximately 0.00000001 chance to get in trouble for that. Only thing you risk doing that at night is being attacked by thugs for your camera.

    • @JV-rl4gt
      @JV-rl4gt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Alltimeboxing enfin quelqu'un avec un cerveau ptn mercii 😂😂

    • @colesilva7732
      @colesilva7732 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      You’re aloud to take pictures of it, the title is a bit of clickbait. It’s illegal to use those pictures for commercial use

    • @kamotetops1572
      @kamotetops1572 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alltimeboxing, thanks for the heads-up for the muggers but no thanks for ruining the "Perfect" Paris for me. lol

    • @hlh08
      @hlh08 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you sir are a racist

    • @Malik-of9wv
      @Malik-of9wv 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alltimeboxing you didn’t know lol? But yeah your right the chance is low that you’ll get in trouble for that but most people who take pics are mostly for private use. I’m sure it would be different if a Huge company took a photo without a license

  • @mryorkielover
    @mryorkielover 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3006

    Being a little dramatic here.

    • @gmgizzy3
      @gmgizzy3 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MrYorkieLover Fitness d

    • @WoobinTheScrub
      @WoobinTheScrub 7 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      *searches pictures of the Eiffel tower at night*

    • @tymusicplug5895
      @tymusicplug5895 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂 Hell yeah

    • @matheuscoutinho4690
      @matheuscoutinho4690 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tony Stark did it

    • @PeterKnagge
      @PeterKnagge 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      As someone that owns a stage lighting business I can't believe that someone (and a millennial at that) finally gets it. Years of work and expense so some dumb vulture photographer can photograph my art and force me to buy it off them. Lighting rigs can cost more than the venue itself and Lampys are the most dedicated people in the venue even more dedicated than the stage performers themselves and everyone rips us off like some shit godamn charity!

  • @haykg
    @haykg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5196

    Bouncer: How tough are ‘ya?
    Me: I’ve taken photos of the Eiffel Tower.
    Bouncer: Yeah, so?
    Me: _at night_
    Bouncer: *uh right this way*

  • @loviixe7606
    @loviixe7606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    **Looks at video title**
    “Oop”
    **turns off phone to show Lock Screen of the Eiffel Tower picture I took at night**

  • @EastSpotter67
    @EastSpotter67 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4423

    As a french I can assure you that no one ever got in trouble for taking pics of the Eiffel tower at night 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @space6707
      @space6707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +341

      Now you've jinxed it

    • @lampoilropebombs0640
      @lampoilropebombs0640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +345

      If they kept it themselves it is ok if they put out for tourism then it is illegal

    • @tomf3150
      @tomf3150 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@lampoilropebombs0640 it's not illegal if you pay for it.

    • @sebastianelytron8450
      @sebastianelytron8450 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      You are a french?

    • @Mii.2.0
      @Mii.2.0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      @@lampoilropebombs0640 And it's not illegal if you're not caught.

  • @CidGuerreiro1234
    @CidGuerreiro1234 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1630

    I took a photo of the Eiffel Tower at night and nothing ha-
    *FBI! OPEN UP!*

    • @perinex6905
      @perinex6905 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LoL

    • @jeonjeon_guki1586
      @jeonjeon_guki1586 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @todd5548
      @todd5548 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      why would the fbi, an American government organization, care about a French monument

    • @CidGuerreiro1234
      @CidGuerreiro1234 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      They didn't tell me. I'm sending this message from prison.

    • @lori8885
      @lori8885 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmaoooo

  • @amazinginformation2024
    @amazinginformation2024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +526

    2:52 I've never heard such upbeat music while being told about someone's death.

    • @deppies
      @deppies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      th-cam.com/video/sWt8ZIgDA9I/w-d-xo.html

    • @redchris4568
      @redchris4568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now you are

    • @obcl8569
      @obcl8569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @MeliceNix
      @MeliceNix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@deppies yepp there it is

    • @zsideswapper6718
      @zsideswapper6718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *Buckingham Palace has announced the death of his Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburg*

  • @mmhck
    @mmhck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Photographing the Eiffel Tower at night is not illegal at all. Any individual can take photos and share them on social networks.
    But the situation is different for professionals. The Eiffel Tower’s lighting and sparkling lights are protected by copyright, so professional use of images of the Eiffel Tower at night require prior authorization and may be subject to a fee. Professionals should therefore contact the Eiffel Tower's management company to learn about conditions for using the images depending on the case. - From the official website of eiffel tower.

  • @MarkVinewood
    @MarkVinewood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    So every time a copyright runs out, a new artist can go and draw a single new line on a painting and that will extend the copyright in their name until 70 years after their death.

    • @patrikjansen7831
      @patrikjansen7831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      I think it is incredibly silly because the lights do exactly follow the lines of the tower. It needed no creativity and just a bunch of electricians who aren't afraid of heights

    • @aika7974
      @aika7974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Technicallly yes

    • @ki5aok
      @ki5aok 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@patrikjansen7831 Does that mean the copyright is extended because a light requires replacement as it may no longer functions? 🤔
      I know...sounds absurd, but I wouldn't put anything past the French government.

    • @347Jimmy
      @347Jimmy ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is exactly why Disney keep pumping out remakes of their classic movies, gotta keep the paperwork up to date

    • @davidalvarado9957
      @davidalvarado9957 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@LOLWHATBRO and to add on to that most if not all of their old classics are based on public domain stories anyway. The only think slightly original from Disney was Mickey mouse. They want to extend copyright so nobody can "steal" their work yet that's hownthey made their money in the first place.

  • @anabellik
    @anabellik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    It's absurd to copyright buildings. Not because they are not artistic works, but because it's impossible to stop people making picutres of them and uploading them, especially in the era when everyone is carrying a camera in their pocket.

    • @MGrey-qb5xz
      @MGrey-qb5xz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      basically the government want you to be their slaves,the whole modern copyright needs to be changed for the digital age but you people for some reason don't mind it.

    • @matchalatte73
      @matchalatte73 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      It’s not about taking photos, it’s about if you make money off it. If you took professional photos of the Eiffel Tower to sell them, that’s when it’s an issue. I have photos of the Eiffel Tower at night. As mentioned in the video, it’s okay if it’s for PERSONAL use. So if you’re taking photos because you’re travelling, that’s totally fine!

    • @valentinfranco4528
      @valentinfranco4528 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      .

    • @person749
      @person749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      It's absolutely idiotic. Something placed in the public space that is impossible to NOT look at it should not be copyrightable.

    • @dimitrikemitsky
      @dimitrikemitsky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      For commercial purpose. You can take the pictures, you can show them, you just can't sell them or generate revenue from them.

  • @pyrodex1123
    @pyrodex1123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +848

    2055: Ah yes I can finally post this photo of the Eiffel Tower at night on Instagram

    • @mercator79
      @mercator79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Also 2055: What's Instagram?

    • @chaosawaits
      @chaosawaits 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Hahahah you fool! You forgot the most amazing invention ever in 2042 that again made it illegal to photograph the tower at day and night!

    • @manoskor1979
      @manoskor1979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AggressiveAnimations I'm sure this will not change

    • @MrGunsnrosesfan100
      @MrGunsnrosesfan100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Only if whoever put the lights in died in 1985.

    • @MrGunsnrosesfan100
      @MrGunsnrosesfan100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @77thSOUND unless posting shit on Instagram is your profession

  • @golfboy83
    @golfboy83 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I visited France on a school trip in 2000, and they had a sign on the Eifel Tower that said Ans2000. I always thought it made my pictures kind of look tacky, but now I think it's cool.

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now they have signs on it promoting businesses who buy advertising time on those signs. Typical milking of their cash cow overrated tourist trap

  • @MyInstantSearch
    @MyInstantSearch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2635

    Next thing I'm gonna search now is "Eiffel tower at night" lol

    • @sakurauyou749
      @sakurauyou749 7 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      My Instant Search There will be a cop banging on your door

    • @loud2814
      @loud2814 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I mean if he searched it it doesn't mean the photo would be his.

    • @lovelybunny8040
      @lovelybunny8040 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I already did 😂

    • @halcastic
      @halcastic 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      My Instant Search check Sam Kolder channel to Check the Eiffel tower at night

    • @bonbonpony
      @bonbonpony 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Well, there's apparently plenty of photos of the Eiffel tower at night.
      This video is a lie :q

  • @Jib60
    @Jib60 7 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Hey, I love what you do and have watched all your videos.
    However as a french lawyer, I have to tell it is incorrect.
    You mentioned that the French copyright law has never been enforced with regard to the Eiffel tower. There is a reason for that.
    Basically what you explained is correct. French law prohibits commercial use of a copyrighted work without the author's authorisation. Therefore it is illegal to sell pictures of copyrighted material but there is a massive querk.
    Indeed the French cour de cassation (France hightest court) made it pretty clear that there are some exceptions.
    First, this law only applies when the copyrighted work is on the foreground. Thus, the photo of an aerial view of Paris is always perfectly fine since non of the work included are the center of the photo. You could open a shop selling photos of an aerial view of Paris and you'd be fine.
    The second exception, and the most relevant here is that in order for the law to apply, the copyrighted material has to be the topic of the support it is included in. Therefore a video including a picture of the pyramid of the louvre is fine when if are making a point about copyright law in France because the topic of the video is copyright law and the pyramid is just an illustration.
    However if your job is to sell photos of the Eiffel tower at night or any other copyrighted work without making any other point than "here is a photo of the monument" you will need the author's authorisation. That's why Shutterstock can't have a photo of the Eiffel tower at night.
    In fact case law on this topic is almost exclusively about postal cards. One easy test you can use to identify whether or not it is legal to show a monument is to imagine that you have photoshopped it out of your work. Then try to see whether or not your work has lost the essential of its value.
    In the case of a postal card featuring the Eiffel Tower at night, once you've taken away the monument, the card become worthless. Thus it is illegal. Same goes for stock photos, without the tower, it's just an empty night sky.
    However, this video is essentially the same with or without the Eiffel tower. It's still a video about copyright law in France. Therefore it is legal.
    You're not the only one to have made this mistake and last time I checked it was still on Wikipedia.
    In fact this is quite a fascinating story. I have ( or think I still have ) proofs that the Wikipedia article on this topic was used to write articles on other sites that were later added as sources to original Wikipedia article. This is a mechanism that has been studied or at least I have heard of that. I think you should make a video about it.

    • @acidjumps
      @acidjumps 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Merci!

    • @Hodlaz
      @Hodlaz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Great, insightful comment. To the top!

    • @Finalizer804
      @Finalizer804 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      merci!

    • @danytnt5151
      @danytnt5151 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      But then you can claim that the Eiffel Tower appears in the title of the video and thus it is the focus of this video and therefore illegal to show it.

    • @Jib60
      @Jib60 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      danytnt you can claim it, but it won't work since the video is clearly about copyright law.

  • @theultimatesharpshooter6734
    @theultimatesharpshooter6734 7 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Thanks for shedding some *light* on the law

  • @alarmedjustin
    @alarmedjustin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “So what are you in for?” “I took a picture of the Eiffel Tower” *Inmates slowly back away*

  • @theAuthentik
    @theAuthentik 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3116

    never heard of that, but great video!

  • @frenchvanilla343
    @frenchvanilla343 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1757

    Large Prison Dude: So what u here 4 man?
    Me: I took a picture of the Eiffel Tower at night...
    Large Prison Dude: *SHRIEKS LIKE A LITTLE GIRL AND RUNS AWAY IN FEAR AND TERROR*

    • @LunasaHaniyaMeme
      @LunasaHaniyaMeme 7 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Large dude: *comes back with a giant bread loaf shield for the rest of his life*

    • @ciifer.creatives
      @ciifer.creatives 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      TheMysteryMan Lol your profile pic is an incognito symbol

    • @frenchvanilla343
      @frenchvanilla343 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      GangPupper Shhh it enhances the mystery effect 😂

    • @its_celestial
      @its_celestial 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      U so gangsta bro

    • @bharatsmelloffaeces2278
      @bharatsmelloffaeces2278 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What is the ethnicity of said large prison dude?

  • @JavedAli-ci2kn
    @JavedAli-ci2kn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +935

    My current wallpaper is Eiffel Tower at night,THUG LIFE. B|

    • @Karim-.
      @Karim-. 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Javed Ali lol

    • @MuskaanSinha
      @MuskaanSinha 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Javed Ali using it commercially? No? Thug life popatate! 😂

    • @myguy6762
      @myguy6762 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      FBI: stay right where you are

    • @asiam8615
      @asiam8615 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Jappie1112 XD

    • @warbreakr
      @warbreakr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      the police are on their way

  • @PeterLindstrom-x4w
    @PeterLindstrom-x4w ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gosh, I love this old style of narration. Before Sam and every other creater decided they had to get super and unnaturally animated in order to keep my attention.

  • @MohdFawzy
    @MohdFawzy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    Copyright laws are sometimes some of the dumbest things in the world, a building IS public domain, copyrighting it should be limited to replicating the building by constructing an identical design, not to use its picture or video, that's insane, just like how insane it is to limit using music in a movie to copyright, a musical copyright should only apply to replicating it within the same medium, once it's become a cultural piece it's public domain and no one should have the right to stop people being influenced by it.

    • @jcnash02
      @jcnash02 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This sounds good, but isn't really true. Imagine you made a piece of music and someone used it in an insulting way in their movie without paying you for your work. Copyright protect for music is about 2 things: the melody and the sound recording. You can't use some else's sound recording in your work, unless its a derivative work (which legally is essentially a new work).

    • @HypercatZ
      @HypercatZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Imagine you create a symbol of peace, balance and harmony, then some crazy dictator decides to use it for his party without asking your permission, he commits one of the big mass murder in history, he brings the whole world into a global conflict to which he loses, and in the end the symbol you created becomes the emblem of evil and people forget its original purpose, and while there are still samples of the original symbol unrelated to said ductator, people can't dissociate them from him.

    • @gilraybaker826
      @gilraybaker826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why can't we charge the owners or creators of these buildings a fee if we don't like their buildings? They're cramming my Right to Panorama with unwanted results.

    • @violetbitch9492
      @violetbitch9492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@HypercatZ and how does a copyright law stop that from happening?

    • @capbarker
      @capbarker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Copyright law is flawed, but not insane because it doesn't limit you until you try to make money off of the copyrighted work. That's the whole point of copyright: making sure the creator has the opportunity to profit from their own work. It's not about stopping the public from enjoying that work.
      Limiting copyright to only the medium of the work doesn't make sense either... Imagine if you wrote an amazing piece of music but nobody really gave it any recognition. Then, without your consent, it was used as the main theme in a multi million dollar Hollywood blockbuster and contributed to its huge success. Don't you think you should have a say in your piece's use? And shouldn't you see some return from its use?

  • @obviouslyweb
    @obviouslyweb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +521

    that thumbnail is copyrighted
    *demonetized*

    • @VexedSteak
      @VexedSteak 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This

    • @SubscribersVideos-bf2cw
      @SubscribersVideos-bf2cw 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THT Brickfilms he was being sarcastic

    • @natiskata
      @natiskata 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THT Brickfilms WOOOOOSH

    • @craxy_xmon561
      @craxy_xmon561 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Er ignore my last reply .-.

    • @25husky
      @25husky 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheWebCon hehe

  • @krykni
    @krykni 5 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    How bout Smurfs 2?
    They showed the Eiffel Tower at night..

    • @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447
      @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      It's possible to license the ability to use a copyrighted work so long as you agree to pay royalties to the to the creator and the creator knows fully how and when the work will be used.

    • @maggie1000
      @maggie1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      •Gummy• It’s not that you can’t use it at all under commercial use you’d just have to give credit and get permission from the creator to do so and they might request that you pay them for use

    • @Kriegter
      @Kriegter 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 r/woooosh? Idk

    • @Kriegter
      @Kriegter 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maggie1000 r/woooosh same here idk

    • @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447
      @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Kriegter I believe he was genuinely curious.

  • @joeterp5615
    @joeterp5615 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those laws are nutty. Showing a building in the context of the city it is in should never be a violation of law in my opinion.

  • @red4921
    @red4921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +597

    Me thinking stays were joking when they made stray kids delete their photos

  • @mr.h1083
    @mr.h1083 6 ปีที่แล้ว +717

    So does that mean my home is a piece of art and I can sue someone for taking a picture of it and using it for commercial use?

    • @yan87433
      @yan87433 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Paul Gibson well the person who designed it could

    • @ahalty00
      @ahalty00 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Yea because someone put my house on sale with photos outside of the house and I said to that guy to delete it and guess what he did it.So it is posible you need some privacy you know=)

    • @erikolson5465
      @erikolson5465 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      HOLY SHIT my dad built our house and designed it so we could sue ppl

    • @aryamangurha
      @aryamangurha 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Only if u suit ur home as a copyrighted *not* piece of artwork…?

    • @zurainshah2035
      @zurainshah2035 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@erikolson5465 sueing goals.
      😂😂

  • @PhiAce_0
    @PhiAce_0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    “Welcome to the gang kid!
    We’ve got stealing steve, murdering mike and crimes johnson”
    “What did crimes johnson do?”
    “He took photos of the eiffel tower at night”

    • @13Wolfie13
      @13Wolfie13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Crimes Johnson... Lol!!

    • @Akshaj_Bhalla
      @Akshaj_Bhalla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Taking a photo is *not* illegal. Using it commercially is.

    • @justsomeone3962
      @justsomeone3962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Akshaj_Bhalla taking a photo in France is illegal they don't have the Freedom of panorama in their constitution

    • @MorJelly
      @MorJelly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Akshaj_Bhalla r/woooosh

    • @zainab1156
      @zainab1156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Copyright Cory

  • @driftwolf
    @driftwolf ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Um... title is misleading. (like so many are). From the website of the Sociéte d'Exploitation de la tour Eiffel (they run the thing):
    Is it illegal to photograph the Tower at night?
    Photographing the Eiffel Tower at night is not illegal at all. Any individual can take photos and share them on social networks.
    But the situation is different for professionals. The Eiffel Tower’s lighting and sparkling lights are protected by copyright, so professional use of images of the Eiffel Tower at night require prior authorization and may be subject to a fee. Professionals should therefore contact the Eiffel Tower's management company to learn about conditions for using the images depending on the case.

    • @k.b.tidwell
      @k.b.tidwell ปีที่แล้ว

      In my view this is exactly what HAI said, or at least the way I understood what he said.

    • @driftwolf
      @driftwolf ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@k.b.tidwell Title says "Why Photos of the Eiffel Tower at Night are Illegal". Please read what I wrote. I said "title is misleading". Which it is.

    • @Andre-rc9xc
      @Andre-rc9xc ปีที่แล้ว

      @@k.b.tidwell No, he said that "a photo taken by night is an illegal replication". And this claim is wrong, because it is not illegal.

  • @mememaster9393
    @mememaster9393 6 ปีที่แล้ว +373

    * Goes to france to film the effifel tower at night *

    • @TheKartoffel101
      @TheKartoffel101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      "I only date bad boys"
      Well I travel to France to make a picture of the eifel tower at night

    • @schr4pnel
      @schr4pnel 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Master"? More like, idk. I don't even know anymore anyway, bye. Have a nice day.

    • @morganahowll1940
      @morganahowll1940 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FBI OPEN UP

    • @theboyntonbuddies
      @theboyntonbuddies 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I went there at night and took a selfie. I didn’t take a picture of it. I took a picture of myself. (Jk I will never go to France)

    • @ruthsterner9517
      @ruthsterner9517 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meme Master I just went to France and did that exact

  • @Cyber_One
    @Cyber_One 6 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    I hate it, when you are not allowed to do something, because of something ridiculous

    • @malyhakhakwani5388
      @malyhakhakwani5388 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cyber One i don't think it's ridiculous.

    • @brickcraftproductions3065
      @brickcraftproductions3065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      True but it's the Law even if it's Unfair

    • @paolom.4646
      @paolom.4646 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It involves tourism (💰) and novelty. It's not ridiculous.

    • @johnathanfoster8213
      @johnathanfoster8213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      100 percent agree. It should follow the same laws as photographing/videoing people which is that if it’s in a public place where there is no expectation of privacy then you should be allowed to do it. The Eiffel Tower is a massive building that you can see across Paris, there’s no expectation of privacy and therefore should be allowed to be photographed no matter what. Such a stupid law

    • @N1xlou
      @N1xlou 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Law is the law we can’t change it

  • @333ryansmith
    @333ryansmith 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1612

    i never knew of this at all. super interesting

    • @hetgaatmaardoorongelofelijk
      @hetgaatmaardoorongelofelijk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ryan Smith I literally saw you in the comments at 3 different videos today😂

    • @AstralYouth
      @AstralYouth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I SEE THIS GUY EVERY FUCKING VIDEO

    • @classicpinball9873
      @classicpinball9873 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would say it's half as interesting

    • @KM41867
      @KM41867 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE

    • @watchareTV
      @watchareTV 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ryan Smith quit trying to promote your dead channel

  •  ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I actually have a copyright lawyer friend and I asked him about this after watching this video. He said yes the Eiffel Tower lights are copyrighted but that only applies for commercial use only any general public person using it for their own personal purposes is perfectly legal.

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@LOLWHATBROyea,he did lol it's copyrighted. Whether he heard from his friend or the video , his point was I copyrighted dummy

  • @nelcith
    @nelcith 6 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    That's don't make any sense. I understand the video. But. This is so weird.

  • @TimTeemo
    @TimTeemo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1646

    60 years are up: yay now I can take photos of the Eiffel Tower at night! (light breaks and has to be fixed) Oh well now we have to wait another 60 years

    • @jinjunliu2401
      @jinjunliu2401 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Teemo best comment out here!

    • @SheepUndefined
      @SheepUndefined 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Unless they completely redesign it, the copyright wouldn't reset.
      Copyright doesn't reset just because someone touched up a painting.

    • @anacetiefighterpilot9489
      @anacetiefighterpilot9489 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What do you mean we can take pictures of it at night? If you watched the video COMPLETELY, we still have 55 years left till the Copyright claim ceases

    • @12thaib69
      @12thaib69 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      70 years* =)

    • @savagarnie
      @savagarnie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMAO

  • @soggyoli9688
    @soggyoli9688 5 ปีที่แล้ว +566

    Just take a video then

    • @bluefoxy6478
      @bluefoxy6478 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      im pretty sure that still follows the same laws, cause a video is basically, multiple pictures being taken at once and very quickly, to make a video.

    • @zombiecharmz
      @zombiecharmz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@bluefoxy6478 r/wooosh
      Sorry

    • @skimask377
      @skimask377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Actually a “video” is a picture, cuz it’s fps

    • @khizeraziz4781
      @khizeraziz4781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      soggyoli oh yeah yeah yeah yeah

    • @senseigtw3723
      @senseigtw3723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Modern problems need modern solutions

  • @grdprojekt
    @grdprojekt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I sent this video to a friend that's just got to Paris and post her first images there of.. you guess it, Eiffel tower at night.

  • @DiamondButter
    @DiamondButter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    Wait so the copyright of the Eiffel Tower ended but because someone put lights on it reset? So we have to wait a lifetime and 70 years because someone put Christmas lights on a 100 year old structure. Okay then

    • @samueltovey4646
      @samueltovey4646 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually you have to wait another 38 years because that is when the license expires

    • @mrmoo1007
      @mrmoo1007 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah and isn’t it not illegal to take pictures of lit Christmas trees?

    • @lockyhocky2
      @lockyhocky2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mr Moo Christmas trees aren't artistic and haven't been copyrights genius

    • @lockyhocky2
      @lockyhocky2 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      gwabada HE WAS TALKING ABOUT FUCKING TREES YOU DENSE SHIT

  • @JoeChalk
    @JoeChalk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +883

    What an ultra smooth transition to the sponsors. I didn't see that coming lol

    • @robertogurrola7465
      @robertogurrola7465 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Ikr I was like when did this stop being about the Eiffel tower

    • @die4race
      @die4race 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yup....and I feel like i've been raped while Sleeping

    • @mindblitz6496
      @mindblitz6496 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Heck always does it super well

    • @Armystuntman
      @Armystuntman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's called a good advertisment.

    • @onionblaster5150
      @onionblaster5150 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "branded content" you'll be seeing a lot more of it on other popular channels, soon.

  • @manfromnantucket9544
    @manfromnantucket9544 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1314

    So basically, because bullshit.

    • @nocturno5373
      @nocturno5373 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yeah pretty much sums it up

    • @pimenel
      @pimenel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ....Euro-bullshit.

    • @ayeegio8258
      @ayeegio8258 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fuck laws

    • @SamRandolph
      @SamRandolph 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah, that's not how copyright works at all; reproducing an image of a building is not the same as actually reproducing the building.

    • @holyromanempire5153
      @holyromanempire5153 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      "illegal" only Merkel be with those laws.

  • @EnglishLearnersHere
    @EnglishLearnersHere ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing that interesting bit of information about the Eiffel Tower!

  • @Ninjaa2236
    @Ninjaa2236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3085

    No one-
    Every kpop idol that visited France has a picture of Eiffel Tower at night.

    • @stanshvts1997
      @stanshvts1997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      Jennie and kai lol

    • @marklee8090
      @marklee8090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@moonj2090 idk why I feel so happy about NCT being mentioned here 😭😔

    • @katrinabarbin
      @katrinabarbin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@moonj2090 i legit thought of mark ever since i saw the thumbnail 💀

    • @krystalkami8363
      @krystalkami8363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      every kpop fans’ thoughts:

    • @aerixd
      @aerixd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +209

      Lmaoo not at skz deleting their eiffel tower pictures when we said it's illegal lmaoo they really thought they were going to jail 😭😭

  • @null.wastaken
    @null.wastaken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    "So, what are you in for?"
    "Arson, what about you?"
    "I took pictures of the Eiffel Tower at night."
    "Deep shit."

    • @wrxlth
      @wrxlth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      edgy

  • @nhuthien198
    @nhuthien198 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1968

    Well, that's *dark*

    • @Moonkiller25
      @Moonkiller25 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YEE

    • @TheIndogamer
      @TheIndogamer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wanna be best friends with u.

    • @lazyperfectionist1
      @lazyperfectionist1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think I just heard a rimshot. (badum tsh) Yep. There it is.

    • @soda35160
      @soda35160 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How do you have dark text?

    • @neonglockz505
      @neonglockz505 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1k likes 6 comments. Ok

  • @timbrown1790
    @timbrown1790 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you visit Antelope Canyon in Arizona, you're allowed to take photos, but must get permission from the Navajo to use those photos commercially.

  • @leocaddo
    @leocaddo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +465

    I realized now that in an old camera that i used as a kid, i took a photo of the eiffel tower at night

  • @CorralDynasty
    @CorralDynasty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +489

    *how about putting copyright on my picture at night it is possible?*

    • @zorokki
      @zorokki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmao

    • @tomasfaella7499
      @tomasfaella7499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well... fair use if its a artistic work

    • @SJoelKatz
      @SJoelKatz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's not only possible, it's automatic. But don't think that just because you have copyright on something, that doesn't mean you can't infringe the copyright other people have (to elements of their work that are in your work) by distributing your own work.

  • @SonySMRTLim
    @SonySMRTLim 7 ปีที่แล้ว +725

    So Rush Hour 3 could be illegal eh?

    • @juniormatsuda5116
      @juniormatsuda5116 7 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      No, because they probably paid the owner of the rights

    • @amirabudubai2279
      @amirabudubai2279 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      They actually filmed that on the Eiffel tower, so they paid somebody for the right to it.

    • @GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou
      @GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Nope, Warner Bros. has many copyright attorneys just to obtain clearances and licences for their works. A small acquired independent film might have an image slip through the cracks but certainly not a summer blockbuster that predominately features this particular subject matter.
      Would going from sodium lighting to slightly different LED lighting create a new copyright? That is likely to happen, if it hasn't already. The designer of the 1985 lighting is likely retired, if not deceased. Resetting the copyright after 40 years is easier than waiting for the creator's original copyright to expire.
      I love the overt reference to Disney in the video. I am ok with corporations, but this copyright after death nonsense needs to stop. I have come to the conclusion that with everything in today's world, copyright should be viable for about 20 years, regardless of the creator's lifespan. The creators obviously do not benefit from their copyrights after death, but I do not necessarily believe in copyright until death either. I believe patents only last 19 years, and yet these same people and corporations can still work within that time frame.
      In exchange for a shorter copyright period, it would be more than fair to allow for much stricter enforcement and penalties to violators.

    • @davidgoodwinjr.9298
      @davidgoodwinjr.9298 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Junior Matsuda n

    • @kahokuokalanimakaiwi4456
      @kahokuokalanimakaiwi4456 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omg, hahah

  • @jojo_da_poe
    @jojo_da_poe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Time to go right outside the police station in Paris at night and take a picture of the Eiffel Tower.

  • @deep.space.12
    @deep.space.12 7 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    If I paint Eiffel Tower white today, I'll be getting royalties from all the photos of Eiffel for the rest of my life + 70 years? Sign me up!

    • @Hunter-Enoch
      @Hunter-Enoch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      DeepSpace12 you would need approval from the french parliament first

  • @Keldor314
    @Keldor314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    This is why we have all those "unavailable in your region" restrictions. Thank you unreasonable copyright law.

  • @AttractionSpot
    @AttractionSpot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +686

    But there is also this thing called Fair Use and as long as your making a commentary and or education people on something like your doing its fair use and you are allowed to show the archetuctual works without blurring them. So you didn't need to blur them.

    • @DavidLee-fo6gd
      @DavidLee-fo6gd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Yes that is correct If it is for educational purposes, not shown on social media sites, non profit, don't credit yourself, and specify the audience the picture will be shown to I think it will be allowed, But also remember there are tones of loop holes in the copy right system that can still be applicable to you are using the work and can result in a law suit of some sort.

    • @DavidLee-fo6gd
      @DavidLee-fo6gd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      As for the use of the pictures in this video. No you are incorrect because this video has ads therefor the channel gains profit off of people viewing it.
      In the scenario that this video didn't have ads you still wont be allowed to show the land marks because It can be considered an advert for this channel without the permission from the person(s) that holds the copyright.

    • @balthasar5302
      @balthasar5302 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      But there isn't any Fait Use in Europe :-/ ... therefore you might need to regionlock your video.

    • @nickel2442
      @nickel2442 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In Canada, fair use exception to copyright allows one to use it even in commercial purposes of it is for teaching, research, and private studies. Not sure about France and won't be surprised if they didn't have corresponding laws.

    • @ricktyman4709
      @ricktyman4709 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But that's in US Copyright law. Not every country has fair use. We generally go by US copyright law on the web because most companies servers/data centers reside in the US and are subject to those laws.

  • @weirdcakes304
    @weirdcakes304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “It’s illegal to take video of the Effie Tower at night!”
    Webdriver Torso : o b s e r v e

  • @MrSh4W
    @MrSh4W 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1448

    Whats next...don't look at that building or you'll be fined, imprisoned and bummed in the prison shower!!

    • @efraimgoldfein-shekelblats260
      @efraimgoldfein-shekelblats260 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Random-TV the building gets a burqa

    • @MrSh4W
      @MrSh4W 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Matthias E Makes perfect sense considering the influx of immigrants.

    • @youtubecontent4113
      @youtubecontent4113 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thats bullshit

    • @Rasarel
      @Rasarel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Haha, French people lost their common sense. No wonder they need all the Arabs to substitute them...

    • @techblogger8323
      @techblogger8323 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ondrej Pazdernik love reading Bullshit in TH-cam comments 🙄

  • @FruityKitchenOfficial
    @FruityKitchenOfficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    well... new lights are installed onto buildings every year tho...
    Christmas lights, new yr ones etc lol
    no photos till the end of time?

    • @laddadmedia3945
      @laddadmedia3945 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No. Incorrect. It was only things that have been trademarked.

    • @gabripi
      @gabripi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      He talks about France and other little exceptions

    • @ThePulmentinum
      @ThePulmentinum 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nazz mk iirc even in France if something is not trademarked and/or patented they can legally take pictures of it.

    • @VestedUTuber
      @VestedUTuber 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +ThePulmentinum
      Two problems with your argument.
      1. Copyright law is completely different from trademark law and patent law. Patent law covers inventions and functionality. Trademark law covers branding. Copyright law covers art and other creative works.
      2. Copyright is implicit and opt-out, unlike Trademarks and Patents which are explicit and opt-in. If you create and publish a copyrightable work, you automatically have ownership and usage rights of that work regardless of whether you registered it or not unless you explicitly make it public domain. As such, technically a Christmas light display is owned by whoever set it up. That being said, another difference between copyright and trademarks/patents is that you are not forced to actively defend your copyright should it be infringed. You have full control of any copyrighted material you own - including the ability to give people permission to use said copyrighted material and the ability to revoke that permission at any point. If you decide not to go after someone for an infringement, you've given that person defacto permission until you decide otherwise. And since it would be a dick move to sue someone over incidental Christmas lights, that's generally the course of action most people take. This also means that you can sue Joe Newbie over an infringement but then allow John Smith to get away with it - maybe John Smith is a good friend of yours, or Joe Newbie was using your work with malicious intent.

  • @georgyorgy2
    @georgyorgy2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    I'm copyrighting the sun

    • @machinenkanone9358
      @machinenkanone9358 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      georgyorgy2 sorry I beat you. My agent handled that in 1981.

    • @EthanfromEngland-
      @EthanfromEngland- 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      georgyorgy2 Are you the architect of the sun?

    • @georgyorgy2
      @georgyorgy2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ManiacNine6 then retards will get sued

    • @crackedemerald4930
      @crackedemerald4930 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      georgyorgy2 cough cough, solar eclipse...
      Cough cough i copyrighted the mün and the sky

    • @frenchvanilla343
      @frenchvanilla343 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Machinen Kanone Srry but I beat YOU to it. I copyrighted the sun and all other celestial bodies about 13 billion years ago.

  • @91thewatcher23
    @91thewatcher23 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The... lights? The lighting? That's a copyrighted work? If I'm in France, can I take a picture of someone else's installed lightbulb and get sued then?

  • @NochuKooks
    @NochuKooks 7 ปีที่แล้ว +735

    I'm french and I never heard of this law... 🤔🤔🤔

    • @NPJGlobal
      @NPJGlobal 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      same here

    • @reembtsv5009
      @reembtsv5009 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      omg army!

    • @NochuKooks
      @NochuKooks 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      reem Kombar we are everywhere 😜😘

    • @haz226
      @haz226 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Il dit juste de la merde en vrai x)

    • @NochuKooks
      @NochuKooks 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haz226 J'ai cherché sur internet et apparemment il dit vrai même si je trouve ça complétement ridicule

  • @megantorres5903
    @megantorres5903 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1021

    Yeah well downloading songs is illegal but I still do it lol

    • @r.i.pnipseyhussle764
      @r.i.pnipseyhussle764 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Megan Torres your committing and admitting a crime..see you in jail loool 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @birandommendesstylescabell7663
      @birandommendesstylescabell7663 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      i do too all my friend doo tooo so yeah

    • @eggowaffleenterprises4251
      @eggowaffleenterprises4251 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Megan Torres same but i dont give one fuck

    • @Bluetomato666
      @Bluetomato666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      who the fuck spends actual money on music the fuck

    • @dinodare1605
      @dinodare1605 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If the music is on youtube or soundcloud, clearly the creator is okay with it. If it keeps getting deleted off of your playlist and the only versions left are high pitched / nightcore, obviously they're having a fit with the copyright and you shouldn't download the music that the creators clearly don't want to give out for free.

  • @ΣταμνάςΒασίλης
    @ΣταμνάςΒασίλης 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1487

    Alright, so my next goal is to go to Paris and start flying vlogs and other videos at night around the Eiffel tower. That's a really shit restriction

    • @tehgreendino2761
      @tehgreendino2761 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      gaming4you well it ain't yours so shut the fuck up

    • @ΣταμνάςΒασίλης
      @ΣταμνάςΒασίλης 7 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      TehGreenDino it's a public landmark. I can't see the reason not to admire it and let other people view it too. (and yes I got your sarcasm)

    • @lukascielocaminante257
      @lukascielocaminante257 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Did you see the video ? It has never been enforced plenty of people film things regularly there and nobody went to jail, it's just a funny laughable fact.

    • @SadicMoutExt12
      @SadicMoutExt12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Because the lights are an artist's creation. Most people don't steal movies, songs, books. Well, that's the same. And yes, copyright laws in France are restrictive. Because we care about intellectual and artistic property. And it's just okay.
      You obviously have the right to take pictures and record videos of the Eiffel tower for yourself. Just don't broadcast or put anything on social medias for *commercial* use (because you're not a professional photographer who's been authorized to do so). That includes YT vlogs I suppose, if your video gets monetized... Seriously, have you watched the video?

    • @macho77vg
      @macho77vg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I think it's something that Logan Paul probably do.

  • @IITheRealGaLaXyII
    @IITheRealGaLaXyII 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is there a story on how Disney was able to represent Paris in Ratatouille?

  • @phosssssss7
    @phosssssss7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    This makes me want to go to France and take a picture of it at night and post it on Instagram publicly

    • @ramuroy6088
      @ramuroy6088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂

    • @TheLukasz032
      @TheLukasz032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, technically, copyright is one thing, enforceability is another. Technically, you can upload a photo while in country that supports all the freedom of panorama things, and, provided the photo is both uploaded and hosted in a server in such country, it'd be perfectly legal in the laws of that country. The same is true for photos taken by imaging satellites, since as any airship they're governed by the law of their owner residence and you aren't even one foot in France while taking such photo.

    • @thelegendsofbaihatacharial8222
      @thelegendsofbaihatacharial8222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too

    • @Daefus
      @Daefus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can

    • @MrSupdup
      @MrSupdup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is legal. You need to sell the photos for it to be illegal.

  • @epiendless1128
    @epiendless1128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Interesting.
    I looked up the Eiffel Tower on a commercial stock image site, and from a brief sample the ones with the lights on say they're for editorial use only. Those with the lights off have no such warning.

    • @archygrey9093
      @archygrey9093 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, because pictures intended for editorial purposes like newspapers or magazines are exempt from copyright and often privacy laws.
      It would still be possible to have stock images of the Eiffel tower at night intended for commercial use but the photographers would have to show that they have the permission (usually at a cost) to be able to have it on the site.

  • @thenerdydinogaming1883
    @thenerdydinogaming1883 5 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    In Prison
    Me: Why did you go to prison?
    Inmate: Uhm taking Pictures of the Eiffel Tower at night
    Me: Wait Wha-.....?

    • @troller7779
      @troller7779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Why did YOU go to prison ......?

    • @navinater
      @navinater 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Troller 777
      I was thinking the same thing 😂

    • @navinater
      @navinater 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @User
      Lol 😂

  • @ananthakrishnanrejith1140
    @ananthakrishnanrejith1140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Most of the people watching the video paused it and did a cyber crime of googling The Eiffel Tower at night😅

  • @MizerIsHere
    @MizerIsHere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +514

    Guard: Hey!Taking pictures of Eiffel tower in this time is illegal!
    Me: Im not taking pictures,im recording a video
    Guard: Oh,ok.

    • @rowrow5794
      @rowrow5794 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      "bUt TaKiNg ViDeOs iS sTiLL iLLeGaL" r/wooosh

    • @argonauts56au1kera6
      @argonauts56au1kera6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      *Screen shots the video taken*

    • @AndyHappyGuy
      @AndyHappyGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Guard: Hey! Taking pictures of the Eiffel Tower at night is illegal.
      Me: I'm taking a picture of a light bulb on the Eiffel tower during the day.
      Guard: Oh, okay

    • @rayfan9876
      @rayfan9876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      videos are like 30 illegal pictures a second lmao good luck

    • @mclz_
      @mclz_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@rayfan9876 or 60... maybe 120? how bout 240? what about 20,000?

  • @matt4239
    @matt4239 7 ปีที่แล้ว +794

    A very, very loosely enforced law

  • @giannagarcia7549
    @giannagarcia7549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +520

    I don’t know if any nctzens are here but who instantly thought of Mark in front of the Eiffel Tower at night😂

    • @mouligopesh1238
      @mouligopesh1238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      not an nctzen but yeah lol I remembered that

    • @camspark3454
      @camspark3454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I remember jenkai 😶

    • @sanara8520
      @sanara8520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yaaaahhh omgee 🤭 uri lee mark 😶😶

    • @cayonaianjakem.9961
      @cayonaianjakem.9961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Also jenkai🤣

    • @basicallysomeonethatneedsh7031
      @basicallysomeonethatneedsh7031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      So many idols have taken photos in front of the Eiffel tower at night💀💀💀

  • @Strikery
    @Strikery 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m copyrighting my room so my mother can’t barge in anymore.