The U.S. Court for the Southern District of New York ruled recently that "exact photographic copies of public domain works of art [are not] copyrightable under U.S. law because they are not original." The ruling has huge implications for museums that have established Internet archives of photographic copies of their collections. Read more about this interesting legal issue in this article from Opinion Journal.
This case is a prime example of why it is sometimes better not to seek a legal opinion or decision on a bothersome issue.
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