Copyright: Was the Vatican Cheated?
- Scripta Maneant, an Italian company, sells the rights to reproduce Vatican artworks "in collaboration" with the Vatican Museums.
- There is considerable revenue to be made from reproduction rights for works of art.
- Speno ran into the matter in March when it asked for permission to use images of Vatican art allegedly licensed from Scripta Maneant for a client's exhibition.
- But Monsignor Paolo Nicolini, the deputy director of the Vatican Museums, said he had never given Scripta Maneant permission to broker the rights to the artworks.
Picture: Sistine Chapel © wikicommons, CC BY-SA, #newsGgnaeduckv
