Sounds like a simple photo of a public domain painting is considered a mere copy and itself in the public domain -- not Creative Commons! 3D stuff different because the photographer gets to pick an angle. Dubious museum EULAs don't affect copyright status... which might not stop them from leaning on Flickr even if they're in the wrong.
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Date: 2009-10-15 07:29 pm (UTC)http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Image_casebook#Art_.28copies_of.29
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Image_casebook#Museum_and_interior_photography
Sounds like a simple photo of a public domain painting is considered a mere copy and itself in the public domain -- not Creative Commons! 3D stuff different because the photographer gets to pick an angle. Dubious museum EULAs don't affect copyright status... which might not stop them from leaning on Flickr even if they're in the wrong.
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Museum_photography#House_rules:_legal_and_psychological_aspects