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AlphaWeaver on Jan 21, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: The city I write this in protected its name, so I ...

The author didn't mention it, but another stupid example of this in the US is the Hollywood Sign. You can't shoot pictures or video of the sign without permission.

This video by Tom Scott goes into detail: https://youtu.be/KUdQ7gxU6Rg

icebraining on Jan 21, 2018 [–]

You can shoot pictures and videos. You just can't use them for commercial purposes.

EDIT: forgot the reference: https://web.archive.org/web/20100510105723/http://www.hollyw...

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