All you're doing is repeating the fact. OP's point was, bluntly, "the situation is dumb".
I happen to agree on that one. What is the benefit of copyrighting the Eiffel Tower? The purpose of copyright is not to say you can always make money off of what you created. It is to incentivize the creation of new things by allowing you to exclusively make money off of it for a while before its benefits can go to broader society.
So what is the purpose of copyrighting the Eiffel tower? Would it not have been made if copyright wasn't in place? (obviously it would have because it was and the law wasn't in place yet). Second the claim is that the copyright is on the "lighting design" visible at night. Is the lighting design of the tower so unique that no-one else could come up with it? or is the lighting design necessitated by the structure of the tower itself?
I'd say given the structure of the tower which restricts the lights, there is nothing sufficiently remotely unique or different to warrant copyright of the lighting design. Almost any design on that tower would look about the same.
So how is society benefiting from copyrighting that lighting design?
Exclusivity deals are almost always a net loss for society. Which is why whenever you see one you should be questioning if it should be in place. Exclusive contracts are anti free-market. Now there are absolutely valid places where they are justified and should be in place - but they should be questioned by default.
I happen to agree on that one. What is the benefit of copyrighting the Eiffel Tower? The purpose of copyright is not to say you can always make money off of what you created. It is to incentivize the creation of new things by allowing you to exclusively make money off of it for a while before its benefits can go to broader society.
So what is the purpose of copyrighting the Eiffel tower? Would it not have been made if copyright wasn't in place? (obviously it would have because it was and the law wasn't in place yet). Second the claim is that the copyright is on the "lighting design" visible at night. Is the lighting design of the tower so unique that no-one else could come up with it? or is the lighting design necessitated by the structure of the tower itself?
I'd say given the structure of the tower which restricts the lights, there is nothing sufficiently remotely unique or different to warrant copyright of the lighting design. Almost any design on that tower would look about the same.
So how is society benefiting from copyrighting that lighting design?
Exclusivity deals are almost always a net loss for society. Which is why whenever you see one you should be questioning if it should be in place. Exclusive contracts are anti free-market. Now there are absolutely valid places where they are justified and should be in place - but they should be questioned by default.