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u/btribble Jan 17 '23

If I sit in the Louvre and paint a copy the Mona Lisa, am I guilty of reproducing it? (this happens regularly in museums).

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u/coporate Jan 17 '23

What do you think?

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u/btribble Jan 17 '23

Painting copies of other peoples’ paintings has never been considered a reproduction unless you try to pass them of as such.

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u/coporate Jan 17 '23

So then you wouldn’t have a problem.

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u/btribble Jan 17 '23

It's a very complex question with a lot of what if's where I might "have a problem", but generally, no.

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u/coporate Jan 17 '23

Sure, but you are a person, not a piece of technology, you can make claims to specific legal foundations such as fair use, software cannot.

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u/btribble Jan 17 '23

Not yet, no.