Kipmeneer
Did you know that the cover of your book "Faux" (the one with the Eiffeltower at night) is actually against copyright laws? To keep it simple, in the EU there is freedom of panorama, wich means that you can take photo's of landscapes including buildings without any issues. In France, it is actually a bit different. They don't have that freedom of panorama. Copyright in the EU expires on the date the maker of something dies, plus 70 years. But why is the Eiffeltower illegal then? Well, in daytime, it isn't. Copyright expired in 1985, I believe. A bit later, there was a bit of maintenance/renovation and all of those tiny lights were placed onto the building. Because this is seen as a new building, copyright would expire 70 years from then. But that was like 20 years ago, not the required 70. So, that's why the Eiffeltower at daytime can be used, but not at night time. I know, weird rules over there in France xD You'll probably never get copyright issues as the French government is not internet hunting, but I couldn't help myself and tell you all of this xD
CattGravelyn
lol that's very interesting, I didn't know that. I didn't actually make the cover, my friend did and I think she used some photo from the internet. Hmm, better be careful of my old holiday pics!
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