Freedom of Panorama in Europe in 2015
The reason Wikipedia can freely depict public spaces in most of the countries in the European Union is that we enjoy full Freedom of Panorama. This is an exception to copyright that allows people to make and use photographs of public spaces without restriction, while at the same time protecting the architect's or visual artist's rights.
Now, the free use of many of these images is in danger by a proposal in the European Parliament. If the restrictive text accepted by the Legal Affairs Committee is adopted in the course of the upcoming EU legislative procedure on copyright reform, hundreds of thousands of images on Wikipedia would no longer be free and thus would no longer belong in Wikipedia. Read more →
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London Eye
London, United Kingdom
© 2000 Julia Barfield, David MarksNational Palace of Culture
Sofia, Bulgaria
© 1981 Alexander Georgiev BarovMillau Viaduct
Southern France
© 2004 Foster and PartnersJeštěd Tower
Czech Republic
© 1968 Karel HubáčekDancing house
Czech Republic
© 1996 Vlado Milunić and Frank GehryReichstag dome
Berlin, Germany
© 1999 Foster and PartnersL'Hemisfèric
Valencia, Spain
© 1998 Santiago CalatravaThe Little Mermaid
Copenhagen, Denmark
© 1913 Edvard EriksenRoyal Castle
Warsaw, Poland
© 1971–1988 Jan BogusławskiDona i Ocell
Barcelona, Spain
© 1982 Joan MiróCity of Culture of Galicia
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
© 2011 Peter EisenmanAtomium
Brussels, Belgium
© 1958 André WaterkeynRotterdam Centraal
Netherlands
© 2014 Jan Benthem, Marcel Blom, Adriaan Geuze, Jeroen van SchootenTigutorn
Tartu, Estonia
© 2008 Arhitektuuribüroo Künnapuu & Padrik OÜView from Tower Bridge
London, UK
(Original photo)