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cocoflunchy on June 21, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: The Bastards Book of Photography

Good to see a book about something else than programming!

Be careful about night shots of the Eiffel tower though: there are some copyright issues. See http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower for more info.

danso on June 21, 2012 [–]

Thanks, I had that in the back of mind but not when I was putting this together:

(tl:dr the lighting apparatus of the Eiffel Tower, not the Tower itself, has been upheld as a copyrightable image by France's highest court)

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