i saw tom scott’s video about how you need to license the hollywood sign to show it if used for comm
i saw tom scott’s video about how you need to license the hollywood sign to show it if used for commercial purposes so i looked up the overwatch credits and there it is the likeness of the tcl chinese theatre is also used on the hollywood map so theyre in there too i looked up how much it costs to license the sign and it sounds like the hollywood chamber of commerce will negotiate with you on a “reasonable fee”. there’s no set license fee, but according to this, though, hollywood video paid $150,000 annually to use the sign in their logo until they went bankrupt coincidentally, they have a small organization of 9 people called the hollywood sign trust and according to this, they’re given about $150,000 from the chamber of commerce each year; the article is from a few years ago but it looks like it holds up seeing as the trust’s 2019 990-ez says they spent $142,141. it also looks like the chamber recently started a community foundation for people and businesses in the area affected by covid -- source link