you said: "As always, you're being parochial; though I have to admit, I didn't know until recently that the law on this has changed in the UK, and apparently the EU:
http://www.ipg.uk.com/ipg-blogs/5958/copyright-changes/what-publishers-need-to-know"

your comment and the article you referenced has to do with the extension of the copyright act (number of years a copyright is valid) and has nothing to do with this forum post.

Quite wrong.
Formerly in the UK, a 2D representation of a 3D work of art wasn't a copyright issue, now it is.