[Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

[Gautam John]

On 29 June 2011 15:15, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur at gmail.com> wrote:

> We have many people who scan images from books, etc. In those cases we give
> copyright as applicable, as public domain if they are old. Is the case
> different in case we take photos from art?

Very much! A picture of the Mona Lisa is copyrightable. Even if the
painting of the Mona Lisa is out of copyright.