Yet another example of the modern "maximalist" copyright protection mindset. My opinion is that, if a work is public domain, then any such format-shifting shou

Yet another example of the modern "maximalist" copyright protection mindset. My opinion is that, if a work is public domain, then any such format-shifting should also be public domain. I don't really see anything transformative in the Museum's usage of Van Gogh's work that would entitle them to protection. I posit that within the next century, we will see the total death of the public domain. There are already those pushing for truly perpetual copyright out there, I ran into one such guy on (of all places) a C64 retro forum.