If that would make up a significant part of the value of many paintings they would lose value as they move towards the copyright expiring. As far as I understand most paintings of that age class rather gain in value then lose value as the years go by.
The works copyright has expired, but not the photography copyright. In other words, if you have a physical original you can control who and how can make copies.
How much would you pay to visit the Louvre and see the original Mona Lisa? (Maybe not much, but if you happened to be in Paris I’m betting you’d be willing to pay at least a Euro to visit the Louvre, right?)
And now how much would you pay me to visit my house and see a poster of the Mona Lisa I printed out myself at a Fedex Kinko’s?
If that would make up a significant part of the value of many paintings they would lose value as they move towards the copyright expiring. As far as I understand most paintings of that age class rather gain in value then lose value as the years go by.
The works copyright has expired, but not the photography copyright. In other words, if you have a physical original you can control who and how can make copies.
https://www.quora.com/Are-famous-art-pieces-like-the-Mona-Lisa-copyrighted
How much would you pay to visit the Louvre and see the original Mona Lisa? (Maybe not much, but if you happened to be in Paris I’m betting you’d be willing to pay at least a Euro to visit the Louvre, right?)
And now how much would you pay me to visit my house and see a poster of the Mona Lisa I printed out myself at a Fedex Kinko’s?
I’m not sure what that has to do with what I said about copyright.