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Originally Posted by acidzebra
The Mona Lisa is in the public domain? I'd swear it is the property of the gov't of France.
Anyway, here's a relevant precedent: Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp. - 36 F. Supp.2d 191 (S.D.N.Y. (1999) - based on the facts of that case, which was a collection of high resolution photographs of famous antique oil paintings which Corel used in a commercial product for which they were sued by the maker of the photographs, who lost their case.
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Ahh, very good to know. So it sounds like there is some precedence on the re-using/re-purposing of scans and photographs of out-of-copyright works.