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Fortunately or unfortunately, copyright law isn't as black-and-white as that. If the design is protected by copyright, then only the copyright holder can copy it or authorize others to do so. Some copying is allowed by limitations, defenses, and exceptions in the copyright law itself. And the design may not even be protected in the first place, if the term has expired.

So yes, copyright law means I can't put a Picasso on a t-shirt and sell it without a license. But I can take a photo of it or attempt to recreate it in my art class.

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