A recent Court of Appeal (England and Wales) case has clarified that
there is no new copyright in photographs reproducing 2D artworks that
are themselves in the public domain - and that (as many of us have
argued) this has been the case since at least 2009.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/12/29/court-of-appeal-ruling-will-prevent-uk-museums-from-charging-reproduction-feesat-last
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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