I'm with those who say that it should be explicitly against the law to issue bogus takedown notices, and that there should be stiff penalties for doing so.
@Ralph-J: This was filmed in a public street, not a set built by Paramount. Therefore, they have no copyright over it. If we start practicing the rule you suggest, nobody who lives, walks or drives down a street segment that has been filmed will be allowed to publish film or photos of the filmed area until all those who have exploited it commercially have been dead for at least 70 years.
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Clarification:
I meant to say that Paramount has no copyright over the street in which they filmed the sequence.
I'm with those who say that it should be explicitly against the law to issue bogus takedown notices, and that there should be stiff penalties for doing so.
@Ralph-J: This was filmed in a public street, not a set built by Paramount. Therefore, they have no copyright over it. If we start practicing the rule you suggest, nobody who lives, walks or drives down a street segment that has been filmed will be allowed to publish film or photos of the filmed area until all those who have exploited it commercially have been dead for at least 70 years.