The stupid part about this is that this ruling will only affect stuff hosted on German servers, so only dewiki will be affected. Even then, someone will likely

The stupid part about this is that this ruling will only affect stuff hosted on German servers, so only dewiki will be affected. Even then, someone will likely go in and sneak a few pictures that are "good enough" for Wikipedia purposes. All they've accomplished here is further restricting the public domain in Germany while not stopping Wikipedia from using their images. (We call that "cutting off the nose to spite the face") Now Germans will need intimate physical access to a work in the public domain to be able to get their own copyright to share it. Very disappointing for a museum, especially one which takes pride in receiving public funds. (Though of course the court shares more blame for making such a decision)