[Foundation-l] Bridgeman v. Corel worldwide for Wikimedia Commons - yes or no?

[Delirium]

Klaus Graf wrote:
> There are opinions on Commons that Moeller's statement in this list
> ("[W]e've consistently held that faithful reproductions of
> two-dimensional public domain works which are nothing more than
> reproductions should be considered public domain for licensing
> purposes") has been "overruled" by Mike Godwin's statement (which was
> adressed on a Wikisource case)

There are some existing guidelines at this page:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag

The short answer is that it depends on the country. Bridgeman-like rules 
hold in the United States, Germany, Poland, Japan, and Switzerland, 
among other countries, but do not hold in all countries.

-Mark