copyright intellectual-property public-domain
Is Van Gogh&#39;s Starry Night in the public domain?
<p>The image I am talking about is here:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/nLAdF.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/nLAdFs.jpg" alt=""></a></p>

<p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VanGogh-starry_night.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Wikimedia page</a> indicates that: </p>

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  <p>This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or less.</p>
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<p>Van Gogh died in 1890, which is more than 100 years. So is his artwork worldwide available for commercial purposes? Or am I missing something?</p>

<p>Yes.  This is why it's commonly seen in many works.  Van Gogh's estate does not recieve any monetary value from copyright, nor do the current owners of the orignal work.  To answer a question in the comments, because the person who scanned the picture is using it as public domain, it's not necessary.  I could, for example, copy word for word an unabridged Shakespeare work from an available book printed in 2002 and print my own book.</p>
