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[edit] Reference to panoramic view of Brussels

The reference to a panoramic view of Brussels is ambiguous. Does this mean that the sphere CONTAINS a panoramic painting or photo of the city, or that there is a panoramic VIEW of the city from the top???—Preceding unsigned comment added by Lee M (talk • contribs) 19:07, 2 September 2003

OK, this has now been clarified.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.67.68 (talk) 01:42, 12 January 2004

[edit] 2003 repairs

Before I deleted it, User:Lee M asked (on the article page) whether the mooted 2003 repairs had indeed been done. Anyone know? -- Finlay McWalter 03:59, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Original Magnification

The original magnification listed was wrong, according to the official Web site at http://www.atomium.be/HTMLsite/dyn/page.php?translation_id=9&info_id=3&lid=3 Paul From Ottawa

[edit] Atomium Architect died

The architect of the Atomium, André Waterkeyn, just died today 5 October 2005 at the age of 88. The Atomium is finished, but will be open to the public around January 2006.

Waterkeyn owned the reproduction rights of 'his' Atomium and because it was not dismounted as foreseen, he has been earning money on copyrights all his life.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.82.146.124 (talk) 08:06, 5 October 2005

[edit] renovation

atomium was renovated which was finished not long ago, i guess wikipedia could use a photo with the freshly shnining balls now... [1] --137.120.3.212 12:39, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] copyright

Unusually for a building, the Atomium is copyrighted, which makes the publishing of self-made pictures of it illegal.

I'm removed this statement because the phrase "is copyrighted" is meaningless. If someone wants to replace it with something about exactly what way it is "copyrighted" and what if anything is done to enforce it. --87.82.1.39 21:27, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I removed this again, after an anonymous User:81.165.0.107 replaced the claim together with a "reference". However their reference was merely an architecture website that repeats the claim. It is not authoritative. More importantly, there is absolutely no suggestion on the Atomium's official website that people cannot publish photographs. The idea that they will go around suing people for giving them publicity is really quite ridiculous. --Shantavira 14:20, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, there is some truth in this. Apparently all buildings in Belgium are 'copyright'. To publish photo's of them you need permission of the architect. But this is only enforced for a few buildings. For the Atomium this is done by SABAM, and they are known to use some 'convincing' manners :) More information in this Indymedia article: [[2]] (in Dutch). Apeeters 19:27, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes unfortunately this is true Shantavira (the official website has a pop-up window in the photo-album explaining this). However I wonder if photo's of replica's or miniatures are also subject to copyright? One could, for example, photograph the replica in Mini Europe nearby. --Steerpike 20:20, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

The french editors of this acticle have an ongoing issue-solving atempt with SABAM, and aparently someone found an equivalent excuse to fair use in french law. Chaeck their talk page.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.233.150.102 (talk) 23:42, 16 January 2007

commons:category:Atomium says too you can't take photos of it. – b_jonas 21:02, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I was surprised that this was not in the article. Therefore I have added section "Worldwide copyright claimed" with two citations. Read the legal demand from SABAM at Chilling Effects ([3]) to see what exactly they are claiming ("Asbl Atomium is the copyright proprietor of the artwork "Atomium" throughout the world."). See also Atomium contact page which has "The image of the Atomium is protected since its construction. It's mandatory to gain approval from the asbl/vzw Atomium and the SABAM, before copying or broadcasting the image of the Atomium. It is also necessary to mention "copyright asbl/vzw Atomium". -84user (talk) 23:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Delete the picture

Doesn't the copyright law also affect Wikipedia? Go check out the Dutch ("Nederlands") article, they have resorted to showing a Euro coin with the Atomium on it....Evilbu 19:55, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lease & Original Lifespan

I recently visited the Atomium and purchased a Book and DVD on Expo '58. During the film it mentioned the original lease on the building was 10 years and later extended to 25 years. So I'm not sure where the statement about the Atomium's 6 month original lifespan came from.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.111.22.27 (talk) 19:59, 12 January 2007

[edit] Renovation costs

Is it correct that the latest renovations to the Atomium costed more than 2 billion euro? If yes, should this not be added to the article? --The Beagle 19:26, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

2 billion seems quite exaggerated. After some research on Belgian news sites, I`ve discovered that the total cost was 26 million euro`s, some 2,5 million above the original budget, the rise was due to higher prices for materials as copper.--84.198.250.212 18:20, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Unit cell of an iron crystal"

Unless there's a specific reference that this was the intention, surely it's just a generic body-centered cubic unit cell? -- The Anome (talk) 00:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)