Will I have problems with copyright for making a 3D model of The Empire State Building in my game and call it "Empire State Building"?

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#1

Hey! So I want to make a few 3D models of known landmarks such as Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower, Pisa Tower etc and use them in a game of mine.

The problem is that some of the buildings are copyrighted (I think every building built after 1900 or something like that) if not every.

Would a 3D model that looks like Empire State Building and being called in-game (I need to name it) literally “Empire State Building” cause any copyright problems?

I am not that confident in my modelling skills that I’ll make a 1x1 replica with the real buildings, but if I make artistic representations of that and call them like in real life, could it cause any legal problems?

I know that some games get away with using whole trademarked products (such as anime characters like Naruto or entire saga’s like Star Wars) for quite a long time before getting a DMCA. But I’d like to be safe from the start.

I thought to change the names like: Emperor State Building, Efel Tower, Piza Tower etc. Would this be enough or not even needed? (I’d like to keep the real names if possible)

Thanks for your time.

#2

Anything copyrighted is going to cause issues.
If you make it look similar and rename it slightly differentlye then you may have more leniency.
I named a game with F1 racing and got it removed. The name was the only item I’d used since my model of a Formula One racer wasn’t an exact copy of a real F1 car.
There are tons of models and places with the F1 or Formula One name and mine was removed…

#3

If you have the empire state building in your game I don’t think you could get copyrighted since it’s a real world landmark but if you name your game empire state building I doubt it but it’s probably possible.

#4

Such buildings are protected by copyright. It seem that you are permitted to take photos of them though, but this does not apply to artistic representations.
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I meant if naming the building in name “Empire State Building”, not the actual game, sorry for the confusion.