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Wikimedia’s Swedish arm has just lost a case in the country’s Supreme Court, which has ruled that people must get permission from artists before they post images of public art – including statues and buildings – online. That’s a ruling that opens up a whole new legal minefield for holiday Instagrammers, Tweeters and Facebookers everywhere – as well as potentially the owners of those sites too, if they’re seen as liable for what users post. The lawsuit was brought by a group of artists in Sweden who said Wikimedia Sverige’s non-profit database of images, maps and descriptions of local public artworks infringed their copyright as the site…

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