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
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.
The Little Mermaid is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid becoming human. The sculpture is displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen, Denmark. I
Freedom of panorama
…states that buildings can be freely reproduced in pictorial form. There is still no full freedom of panorama for non-architectural works in Denmark. The Little Mermaid, a sculpture by Edvard Eriksen (who died in 1959), is under copyright until 2030, and the Eriksen family is known to be litigious. Several Danish…
Statue of The Little Mermaid at Langelinie
Ellen Price as the Little Mermaid, Royal Danish Ballet, 1909
Assembly of the Little Mermaid statue (Copenhagen, Langeline, 1913)