On 24-12-2012 9:08, MichaelJF wrote:
> The wikipedia solves the riddle with the named buildings and yes the Atomium at
> Brussels was one of the objects, I had forgotten. Look for "Freedom of panorama"
> in the English wikipedia.
>
> For the practices of this vulture lawers look for the German (!) word
> "Abmahnung" within the same source.
>
> Sometimes an answer is closer at hand, as expected.

Thanks indeed for the info. This is very comprehensive. While the basis 
for the copyright use may be sound and understandable in "normal" 
circumstances, including the "Abmahnung" on internet for the protection 
of private interest (I think Stephen was hinting in that direction), it 
seems to me that excesses are prone to happen as is shown by a couple of 
examples cited in the source. I am afraid that often either greed is the 
real motive behind some of the actions, or simply misunderstanding of 
the rules to sheer and blind enforcement of authority in the case of 
anti-terrorism. My confidence in humankind is not excessively large...

Thomas

PS I am afraid we are slowly drifting into the OT region now. However, 
going back to POV-Ray, what about modelling of Eifel Tower or Atomium?

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