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by bigiain 5136 days ago
The original photographer has no ability to stop you going to the same spot and taking your own photograph.*

But just 'cause you could-but-haven't done that, doesn;t mean you can use his without his permission.

(* although they might be able to make some claim you've copied his composition if their photograph has some remarkable enough artistic input beyond "just a picture of a city")