<P> Contemporary Mona Lisa replicas are often created in conjunction with events or exhibitions related to Leonardo da Vinci , for publicity . Her portrait , considered public domain and therefore outside of copyright protection , has also been exploited to make political statements . Known even to people with no art background , the mere use of Mona Lisa 's name -- immortalized in Academy Award - winning lyrics sung by Nat King Cole ( Best Original Song , 1950 ) -- is capable of stirring public interest and intrigue . Aside from countless print - reproductions of Leonardo 's original Mona Lisa on postcards , coffee mugs and T - shirts , her likeness has also been re-imagined using coffee , toast , seaweed , Rubik 's Cubes , and computer chips , to name only a few . Now over five - hundred years since her creation , the perpetuation of Mona Lisa 's influence is reinforced with every reinterpretation . </P>
<P> Contemporary Mona Lisa replicas are often created in conjunction with events or exhibitions related to Leonardo da Vinci , for publicity . Her portrait , considered public domain and therefore outside of copyright protection , has also been exploited to make political statements . Known even to people with no art background , the mere use of Mona Lisa 's name -- immortalized in Academy Award - winning lyrics sung by Nat King Cole ( Best Original Song , 1950 ) -- is capable of stirring public interest and intrigue . Aside from countless print - reproductions of Leonardo 's original Mona Lisa on postcards , coffee mugs and T - shirts , her likeness has also been re-imagined using coffee , toast , seaweed , Rubik 's Cubes , and computer chips , to name only a few . Now over five - hundred years since her creation , the perpetuation of Mona Lisa 's influence is reinforced with every reinterpretation . </P>
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who owns the copyright to the mona lisa
Her portrait , considered public domain and therefore outside of copyright protection , has also been exploited to make political statements .
Her portrait , considered public domain and therefore outside of copyright protection , has also been exploited to make political statements .