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Michelangelo’s David and cultural heritage images. The Italian pseudo-intellectual property and the end of public domain

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As in the Tribunale di Venezia and Tribunale di Firenze’s decisions, the idea is to transform the State into a commercial actor competing with other companies in the market of the commercial reproduction of cultural heritage images. The decisions of both the Tribunale di Venezia and the Tribunale di Firenze share some conceptual confusion.

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The EU imperative to a free public domain: The case of Italian cultural heritage

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this context of international and EU legal obligations to protect cultural rights, the EU has set a legal imperative to protect the public domain. Building and enhancing the EU Digital Single Market is a quintessential component and the raison d’être of the EU law provision.