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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by ISL on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:18PM (#22731309)
The ethics of such a practice would be dubious at best.
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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by penagwin on Monday March 30, 2020 @04:28PM (#22731968)
If the original is now public domain and the replica is not advertised as the original, I'm not sure what the ethical issue is?

I do see a financial issue though, cheap clones are CHEAP - and if you want something that can nearly pass as authentic (which I'd argue is a work of art on it's own) you'd be looking at a very narrow market of buyers.

Again, as long as replicas/clones are labeled as such and the original is in the public domain.

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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by enriquto on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:35PM (#22731449)
Why? This is just like selling high-quality prints of the paintings, which is already done and nobody complains about.
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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by yiyus on Monday March 30, 2020 @05:01PM (#22732250)
Perfect reproductions are a goal both for museums and researchers. See, for example: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337848225_Gloss_Col...
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Re:Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid by jagger27 on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:37PM (#22731468)
I don’t see why if they’re clearly indicated as clones.
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