There are more copyright maniacs...

[_ludwigm]

... not only our loved Joseph.

The italian village of San Quirico d'Orcia, in Tuscany, is now copyrighted.

http://viaggi.repubblica.it/articolo/sa ... ght/224127
Here is a translation of the Italian article:
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San d'Orcia Qurico put the copyright on itself. His celebrated glance, starting from the crown of cypress trees, now risen to an emblem of quiet rural absolute, can no longer be used to advertise mattresses and mineral industries, and even corporations that produce GMOs, as it happened in the past: who will film must request permission 15 days in advance and, if this is granted, will be in place, however, the obligation to "acknowledge the source" of beauty that will be put on display, San Qurico same.

The city council of the town of Siena, Unesco World Heritage, with the valley of which has been, since 2004, has approved the rules last week, everything is already operational. The 2,500 inhabitants of the village located on the Via Cassia, between Pienza, Montalcino and Monte Amiata, were sad to see the exploitation of images of their carpet birthplace: the church of Vilatela, the hill of Podere Belvedere and above the cypress trees. "We saw them everywhere - says the Head of Tourism, Christian Pilgrims - Posteitaliane by a manufacturer of mattresses, a well-known brand of mineral water that Umbria has built over the whole packaging is in German hotels that advertised them as the 'view' hotel ...".

The most prominent case in 2007, when Monsanto, the multinational GM seed, used the iconic vision, aware of its potential evocative of the bucolic world perfect, that the production of GM crops was far from being able to represent. The administration sent a letter of formal notice to the company, which stopped using the image. But this was the straw breaks the camel's capable of and now, after 4 years and for a change of leadership of the country (now there's the PD) has reached the decision that puts an end to the exploitation of "deception" of the natural and architectural beauty San Quirico.

"This is not want to penalize anyone - says councilor for productive activities Mauro Taddei, promoter of the initiative - there is only the desire to protect the territory from the unfair use, as sometimes happened, seeing at last recognized the principle of reciprocity ".

As mentioned, the permission for commercial or advertising purposes must be requested at least 15 days before the shooting and the municipal manager of the service, then notify in writing the acceptance or not. Image advertising must also be marked "Recovery or photograph taken in San Quirico d'Orcia". When shooting photos or unauthorized or improper use, administrative penalties in addition to compensation for any damage caused.

But what will happen to the tourists who get to take pictures, maybe with a tripod? "They can rest assured, there will be no 'censorship'," reassures Pilgrims, "which prohibits any alert, or trade unions about what you are photographing or filming, any counter-measures will be taken back." And even the exploitation of professional beauties of the village "positive" (architectural photography, travel, which obviously must cite the source), will be penalized in any way by the new regulation.

[_Joseph]

http://kwartlerlaw.com/Commentaries/Lon ... sgate.html

Some attempt to do so and cause no end of problems for themselves.