Editing Vitruvian Man (section)

===Legal dispute===
In 2022, the Gallerie dell'Accademia, which owns the drawing, sued German jigsaw puzzle manufacturer [[Ravensburger]] for reproducing the artwork in one of the company's jigsaw puzzles. Ravensburger started selling the 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle in Italy in 2009 and in 2019 the museum sent the company a [[cease-and-desist letter]] and demanded 10% of the revenue. Ravensburger refused to comply and subsequently was sued by the museum under Italy's 2004 {{ill|Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code|it|Codice dei beni culturali e del paesaggio}} which governs reproductions of works deemed to be under Italy's cultural heritage. In its objections, the German company claimed that it had the right to reproduce the artwork because it was already in the [[public domain]] for centuries and that the reproduction occurred outside Italy and thus not subject to Italy's Cultural Heritage Code. An Italian court rejected Ravensburger's arguments and decided in favor of the museum.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Barry |first=Colleen |date=2024-03-28 |title=A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo's David raises questions about freedom of expression |url=https://apnews.com/article/michelangelo-david-statue-italy-protection-heritage-3fa1b7185fea36003e064fa6e2c309fd |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> In a ruling dated 17 November 2022, the court ordered the puzzle company to cease producing the product for commercial purposes and levied a fine of 1,500 euros for every day that the company failed to comply.{{sfn|Dafoe|2023}}{{sfn|Gallo|2023}}{{sfn|Borgogni|2023}} In March 2024, a German court ruled in favor of the company, stating that the Cultural Heritage Code is not applicable outside Italy, and therefore a violation of the sovereignty of the individual states. In response, an Italian government official argues they will challenge this "abnormal" German ruling even before the European and international courts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/world/europe/vitruvian-man-puzzle-leonardo-da-vinci-ravensburger.html |title=Da Vinci's Been Dead for 500 Years. Who Gets to Profit from His Work? |last=Taylor |first=Derrick Bryson |date=10 April 2024 |access-date=24 May 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

Licensing fees for famous artworks are an important source of income for Italian museums, and Italian law says that museums owning famous public domain works hold the copyright on those works forever and can control who is allowed to make copies and derivative works of them.<ref name=":0" />