More on the "Idiot."
 

While still serving in South America, the future pope met with Russian literature. According to the Argentine newspaper La Nation, Fyodor Dostoevsky is one of his favorite writers. Also, the pontiff is a fan of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
 July 5 in his encyclical , Pope addressed directly to the creation of his favorite writer. He told the faithful excerpt from Dostoevsky's novel "The Idiot ", in which Prince Myshkin contemplates Holbein painting "The Body of Christ in the Tomb ." Prince Myshkin, Dostoyevsky says that these pictures are able to divert man from the faith. However, the Pope argues in his message to the literary hero. According to Francis, " when thinking about the death of Jesus, faith becomes stronger and gets a blinding light."

Today , August 1, 2013 for the first time in Russia celebrate the memory of soldiers who died in the First World War. The date is set on the initiative of the Russian parliament in the autumn of 2012 and is timed to the accession of the Russian Empire in the First World War.

August 1, 1914 the German ambassador handed Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs note with a declaration of war .

So for Russia , the First World , in which the country lost only killed 2 million 254 thousand 369 people.

17.5 million of them were buried at the National Military Brethren Cemetery in Moscow (now the metro station " Sokol" , a park behind the cinema " Leningrad" ), destroyed in 1930 by a team of Soviet officials.

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The Arbitration Court of Stavropol Region registered the appeal of fashion designer Yee joq the decision of the lower courts to ban her from using image of the painting of Thomas Gainsborough's "Lady in Blue" without the permission of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the official website of the Supreme Arbitration Court of Russia. Date of the complaint has not been set.

"Lady in Blue" - the only piece of English painter Thomas Gainsborough, located in Russia, and it is the legal owner of the St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum. This is a portrait of the Duchess de Beaufort, which was written by an English painter in the 1770-1780's. As she entered the collection of the Hermitage in 1916 and became the sole work of the artist, stored in Russia. Earlier Hermitage went to court in connection with the fact that the official website designer as well as on the door of her clothing store in St. Petersburg was posted monochrome reproduction paintings of Gainsborough, "Lady in Blue."
According to the defendant's image of the painting, which became public domain may be freely used by any person without anyone's consent or permission and without paying copyright royalties. This maintains the authorship of the work, and fashion designer gets revenue from its sale.

The court of first and second instance ruled in favor of the museum, but the designer intends to challenge it in the Court of Arbitration of the Stavropol Territory.

Iya joq was born in Stavropol and is currently working in St. Petersburg in the field of fashion design, which is sold under the brand name Iya Yots.

Does not belong to the people?
 

The Arbitration Court of Stavropol Region registered the appeal of fashion designer Yee joq the decision of the lower courts to ban her from using image of the painting of Thomas Gainsborough's "Lady in Blue" without the permission of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the official website of the Supreme Arbitration Court of Russia. Date of the complaint has not been set.

"Lady in Blue" - the only piece of English painter Thomas Gainsborough, located in Russia, and it is the legal owner of the St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum. This is a portrait of the Duchess de Beaufort, which was written by an English painter in the 1770-1780's. As she entered the collection of the Hermitage in 1916 and became the sole work of the artist, stored in Russia. Earlier Hermitage went to court in connection with the fact that the official website designer as well as on the door of her clothing store in St. Petersburg was posted monochrome reproduction paintings of Gainsborough, "Lady in Blue."
According to the defendant's image of the painting, which became public domain may be freely used by any person without anyone's consent or permission and without paying copyright royalties. This maintains the authorship of the work, and fashion designer gets revenue from its sale.

The court of first and second instance ruled in favor of the museum, but the designer intends to challenge it in the Court of Arbitration of the Stavropol Territory.

Iya joq was born in Stavropol and is currently working in St. Petersburg in the field of fashion design, which is sold under the brand name Iya Yots.

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Dangerous precedent.

Any reproduction of the Mona Lisa to the Louvre to generate income, etc.

I do not know the subtleties, but it seems to me that the right holder is not the same author.

Seat in the art museums of art does not belong to the museums.
Museum only custodians of national wealth and works belong to all people.

And as an option ...

Finnish designer six years earned on a stolen painting by Ukrainian artist

Creation Ukrainian printed on cups and underwear

In Finland, a scandal erupted art. This week it became clear that the print, which is now in its sixth year, is using one of the leading design companies, is almost a complete copy of the drawing Ukrainian artist Maria Pryimachenko, reports TSN.

Director General of the National Museum of Applied Arts Adrian Vyalets compared the picture of Ukrainians, which is called "Rat in the way", with a picture in which the author is an icon of the Finnish company, and found no significant differences.

"The composition has not changed. Even the slope of the trees," - said Vyalets.

Pryimachenko picture in Kiev saw a Finnish citizen. With a reproduction he came home, made sure that the drawings of the local design company like her, like two drops of water, and called reporters. To find out where and how to use a picture Pryimachenko, the Museum of Applied Arts, which houses the original, is going to write a letter to Finland.

According to information from the Internet, since 2008 in Finland, America and Asia are linens, dishes, blankets, and even a children's bib with drawings titled "The inhabitants of the forest", which are very similar to the pictures of Mary Pryimachenko. And one of the airlines even put wood on the fuselage of the aircraft. However, after the scandal promised to paint the picture.

Designer Kristina Isola, the authorship of which belongs to a series of "forest dwellers" on the morning of Thursday, May 30, recognized the plagiarism through a press release, "I never thought about copyright that I appropriate whose creative work. It seemed so close that this forest miracle I wanted to share with everyone. I understand that was wrong. I am ashamed. "

But this recognition has no legal force.

"The copyright belongs to the family of Mary, her heirs and grandchildren, this is John and Peter, but the right of publication belongs to the museum," - said the director of the museum.

In particular, Ivan on the phone said that the family had just found out yesterday about the Finnish scandal, but has not yet decided what to do. Promises to comment on the situation, but so far not communicate.

Edward Dymshits and expert on creativity Pryimachenko Mary says that her paintings are often stolen. But such a massive theft happened the first time. And if in Ukraine thieves usually signed the settlement, relatives here have to act decisively.

"They can easily submit to the international court," - said Dymshits.

Lawyers say that if the family did go to court, the amount of material they claim could well be a record for Ukraine.

In the first picture: Left of Maria Aksentevny the right of the Finnish designer ... And Painted airplane ....

This is a completely different situation.

Iya joq does not issue work Gainsborough for his work.

I believe that the problem of plagiarism by its decisions are so important that the forum it should be a separate subject, and the way to keep track of the results.

The Nobel Prize in Physics , Academician Alferov expressed judgment of the modern Russian state :