Unsurprising legal case on commercial use of cultural heritage

This case https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/10/bologna-court-of-appeal-confirms-that.html is consistent with the Italian legislation. We hold that no image right should hold in perpetuity, and we really don’t understand which principle the Italian legislation is upholding.

The simplest interpretation is that they think that they will create profits for cultural heritage institutions, which certainly could use funding. It doesn’t seem to produce this effect in reality, though.

If they keep successfully suing commercial users, we think that the most likely outcome will be a diminished presence of Italian culture in commercial settings, and, in the long term, a loss of mind share. After all, there’s plenty of unencumbered art that is just as good.