We don't have such a thing as "public domain" in the UK. It is a US concept. Strictly speaking, the copyright of a sculpture remains with the artist who created it, unless s/he had sold, given or bequeathed the copyright to someone else.
Another (real life) example: 2 artworks that I created are in a national museum's collection. I have virtually no photos of the work. I cannot copy and distribute the museum's photos of my work without permission (and, theoretically, without paying them a fee) because they hold the copyright in those photos, but I still hold the copyright in the original artworks.
Janet
Janet E Davis
--- On Wed, 15/7/09, Jim O'Donnell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >does a photo of a sculpture become a copyright
> infringement?
> >
> Or a video? :)
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/redux/3706291870/
>
> Seriously though, if I take a photo of a public domain
> work, and publish that photo under a CC non-commercial
> license, can someone else republish the work and remove my
> license? For instance, everything in this flickr group is
> probably old enough to be out of copyright by now: http://www.flickr.com/groups/150-years-old/
>
> Jim
>
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