Consider that some years hence the whole issue of reproductions may
become largely moot, if development of nanotechnology makes it
possible to duplicate original artifacts all the way down to the
molecular level. Then it might be possible (though maybe not
cost-effective) for every museum, or avid collector, to actually
possess an "original" artifact. Then, museums and other owners will
have to decide whether or not to allow their artifacts to be
"authentically" replicated. Maybe owners will start filing patents,
or some other rights, on the molecular arrangements of the
artifacts they own.
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