The Neues Museum is claiming copyright over 3D-printing files of
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The museum was trying to pretend that it owned a copyright in the scan of a 3,000-year-old sculpture created 3,000 miles away.
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Display At Your Own Risk: An experimental exhibition of digital cultural heritage by Display At Your Own Risk - Issuu
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3D printing is helping museums in repatriation and decolonisation efforts
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The Bust of Nefertiti: Who Owns the Copyright to 3D Scanned Art? - Shapeways Blog
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The Nefertiti Hack
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Pharaoh AKHENATEN 3D Printed Egyptian Bust Replica. 16 Cm High - Finland
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Unknown Makers by Alexander Provan
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Model-x MK I 3D Printable 1/12 Scale STL Files for 3D Printing
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History of Printing Timeline - American Printing History Association
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nefertiti bust joins digital age after secret 3D scans are finally revealed
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Download Stunning 3D Scans of the Bust of Nefertiti, Now Released by Berlin's Neues Museum
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Legal Case Concerning a 3D Scan of a Museum Artefact May Impact on All Institutions - MuseumNext
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MAD Museum's Current Exhibition Displays Cutting Edge 3D Printing
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Swiping a Priceless Antiquity With a Scanner and a 3-D Printer - The New York Times
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IN FOCUS: 3D Printing – re-making the museum - Museums + Heritage Advisor
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The Lysippus bust of Alexander the Great – Roger Pearse
The bust of Priest King (2200-1900 B.C.), found at the archaeological