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Comment by a3w | original | Hacking IKEA Furniture
[−]a3w · 2026-08-30 Sun 13:42 UTC · link
In 2014, IKEA made headlines when its legal team sent a cease-and-desist letter to Jules Yap, the founder of IKEA Hackers, demanding that she hand over the domain name. Good to see the site still online, after the PR department took note that legal teams were not-only filing useful claims.

Ever since then, I avoid sharing pictures of IKEA furniture. Like Mattel, suing barbie blogs of children. If I did not design it, I won't share a picture of it. Even building architects will sometimes sue if you photograph the house.

[−]Ylpertnodi · 2026-08-30 Sun 14:09 UTC · link
> Even building architects will sometimes sue if you photograph the house.

? In the US there's the 1a - you can photograph anything you can see (from a public place). In the there's the assumption you can photograph anything without a 'do not photo, military dogs' etc. Never heard of a non-publishable building. Even gchq can be photo's.

[−]kube-system · 2026-08-30 Sun 14:26 UTC · link
> In the US there's the 1a - you can photograph anything you can see (from a public place).

Just because you can photograph it does not mean you can necessarily publish it. IP rights are a recognized exception to the 1a

[−]callahad · 2026-08-30 Sun 14:37 UTC · link
Check the "Freedom of Panorama" article on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama - lots of restrictions around the world.