Eleonora Rosati published an interesting article about a lawsuit in Italy concerning the use of the image of Michelangelo’s David for commercial purposes. The Florence Court of First Instance prohibited such use by a travel agency based on the Italian Cultural Heritage Code which provides that the authority which administers a cultural good has the right to allow its reproduction, subject to an application and the payment of a royalty set by the authority itself, with the sole exception of reproductions of work for non-profit purposes.
Taking into account that Michelangelo’s David is a cultural good and the fact that the use at hand has a commercial effect the Court issued an injunction against the travel agency.
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