> This is not true. I will just give the example of the nighttime illumination of the Eiffel Tower:

That example is not analogous to the topic at hand.

But furthermore, it also is specific to French/European copyright law. In the US, the US Copyright Act would not permit restrictions on photographs of architectural works that are visible from public spaces.

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jerrysievert an hour ago | parent [-]

actually, the US Copyright Act does in fact allow restrictions on photographs of architectural works that are visible from public spaces:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portlandia_(statue)

the Portlandia statue is one such architectural work - and its creator is fairly litigious.

	▲	chimeracoder an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I don't know the details of that specific case so I can't speak to it, but the text of the AWCPA is very clear: > The copyright in an architectural work that has been constructed does not include the right to prevent the making, distributing, or public display of pictures, paintings, photographs, or other pictorial representations of the work, if the building in which the work is embodied is located in or ordinarily visible from a public place. This codifies an already-established principle in US law. French law does not have that same principle.