Denny, you now owe the city of Portland $$$$

This is a joke, right?

 

Weird thing is that it isn't really even "iconic". The "Made in Oregon" sign was iconic. The "White Stag" sign was iconic. The "Portland Oregon" sign was a bail-out replacement that the city uses for publicity.

 

Love the "For Lease" sign. Should be Portland's official city motto at this point.

 

Nice try to be a hipster, but it was actually white satin sugar before it was white stag.

 

I'd love for this to happen in a national TV show slot:

 

I wasn't alive then.

 

i don't mind the Portland Oregon sign. It is, after all, Portland, Oregon. :MARIS61:

 

heresy

 

May as well just copyright 'Portland Oregon and Portland, Oregon' as well.

 

Portland, Oregon isn't copyrightable, but that image certainly would fall under something that can be used as a trademark.

 

By a municipality? Do people have to pay rights to sell photos of Mt. Hood or Mt. Bachelor, even though they are "owned" and managed by the federal government? How about the St. John's Bridge? Do we pay the state of Oregon for that one?

Seems like a dumb idea to me, but I think it seems that way to you as well.

 

Its more like the Hollywood sign than a bridge or mountain. Like I said, its something that is a trademark.

http://diymusician.cdbaby.com/2012/...od-sign-in-your-album-artwork-or-music-video/

 

Fucking Portland!! First they give rights to bike riders and now this?! I'm moving to Los Angeles and become a laker fan!

 

and you can do the same for bridges, provided they applied for a trade/service mark.

http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=902

 

Well that's just fucking stupid, considering that the "owned" property is actually paid by taxpayers, and not those collecting the fees. Unless, of course, every taxpayer gets a refund for a municipal project that is publicly owned.

 

It goes into the "general fund"