Italy recognized for the first time in its history the existence of the "right to the image of cultural heritage" The Italian Justice closed the case against a publisher that, avoiding the payment of any royalty, distorted "David" to include it on the cover of a magazine. It is a judicial decision that "guarded" the piece "as if it were a person, so that the values it represents are not altered," Cecilie Holberg, director of the Accademia Gallery in Florence, said.