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The copyright on the images of paintings is obvious.  However the owners of the artwork have often claimed that the *photographs* of the paintings are copyrighted. This is explained in the Bridgeman v. Corel case of 1999 to be totally wrong.  A photograph whose purpose is to exactly reproduce the public domain art in question does not have the element of creativity that grants it copyright protection. This was the basis of the decision in the Bridgeman v. Corel case of 1999.