flmmkrelabs <<The likeness of the Empire State Building in trademarked. I recently found this out while creating images for a television program. However, if you change the window alignment you are fine. The same is true of h Sears Tower. Therefore not all buildings open to the public are safe. >> ynsaen >> ...recently built buildings and boat hulls. Both of these items were recently added to US copyright law (and, by treaty, to all WIPO and Berne convention countries, as well). This is, however, copyright. Also, as noted, several buildings with unique and distinctive appearances (notably, them really tall ones) have trademarks on their likeness. << I'm astonished that buildings in existence in reality, certainly "a real world item", can be either copyrighted or trademarked. If I am doing an animated (or not animated) movie with a flyover scene of Los Angeles, Chicago, NY, etc., I must get permission to film certain real buildings? Is that really possible? If so, where/how do I find out what buildings are protected? ::::: Opera :::::