I imagine they'll have problems anytime they want to re-release Spielberg's AI, where the Two Towers rising out of the flooded ruins of a future New York area are a central image; or the re-made King Kong, where they are the setting for the final denouement in place of the Empire State Building in the proper version.

But I can't imagine there's been a film set in New York since they were built which didn't have them in the background at some point. I think rather than desperately try to edit the image out retrospectively, it would be far better to produce a movie collage made up of all those bits.

As for Starbucks, fortunately it's still possible in some places to get two cups of better coffee for the price of one cup at Starbucks.