You Can Be Sued For Taking Photos of Your Meal At Restaurants

To all the Lagos big boys and girls exploring the bougie restaurants and 75k spaghetti outlets in Lagos, taking numerous videos of their meals for Snapchat and other social media platforms, we hope you don't "Bite More Than You Can Chew'' when you do the same in Germany !! If you do it in Germany, the chef has the legal right to sue you.

Background

In the landmark " Birthday Train” (File Number I ZR 143/12) judgement delivered on the 13th of November, 2013 by Bundesgerichtshof (Germany's Federal Supreme Court which is the highest court of law in Germany), the Court stated that copyright protections is expanded to include "elaborately arranged food," thus making it the artistic property of the creator (chef).

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