Atomium
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The Atomium is a landmark modernist building in Brussels, Belgium, originally constructed as the centrepiece of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and the archite
General view of the Atomium
André Waterkeyn, the Atomium's engineer, in front of a model of his creation
Start of the erection of the frame (11 April 1957)
Construction of the supports, first tube and sphere (21 August 1957)
Freedom of panorama
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Freedom of panorama is a provision in the copyright laws of various jurisdictions that permits taking photographs and video footage and creating other images of buildings and sometimes sculptures and
Atomium
…absurd. In the summer of 2015, the Belgian political party Open Vld, which was part of the then-ruling Michel I Government, proposed a bill to enable freedom of panorama in Belgium. The bill was enacted into law in June 2016, allowing pictures of the Atomium, and other public buildings under copyright, to be legally…
An image of sculptures by Sergej Alexander Dott, Himmelsblumen, 2003, Gleisdreieck, Berlin, published under the freedom of panorama provisions in German copyright law
The Atomium, taken in 2006. Before 2016, this image would have been illegal to reproduce commercially.
Censored image of The Little Mermaid
Due to the lack of complete freedom of panorama, this image depicting the Louvre Pyramid was censored out.