Patrick Bloche is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as a member of the National Assembly of France from 1997 to 2017. In parliament, he was part of the SRC parliamentary group.
Patrick Bloche in 2011
Freedom of panorama (FOP) 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 other art works which are permanently located in a public place, without infringing on any copyright that may otherwise subsist in such works, and the publishing of such images. Panorama freedom statutes or case law limit the right of the copyright owner to take action for breach of copyright against the creators and distributors of such images. It is an exception to the normal rule that the copyright owner has the exclusive right to authorize the creation and distribution of derivative works.
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
