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Trademarks are things like a logo. They’re a design that represents a brand. Buildings are rarely afforded protection of trademark. Buildings in the US completed after 1990 have copyright protection, but pictorial representation obtained from public space is explicitly excluded in the law.


The Chinese Theater issue just wasn’t true. It was a fan made excuse that got repeated enough. Both buildings predate architectural copyright protection in the US.


People sometimes pay owners for things just to make life easier. Every episode of every version of Law & Order isn’t paying licensing fees for every building in the background of nearly every scene. It’s not a thing.


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