Guy Who Did Mike Tyson's Tattoo Sues Warner Bros. For Copyright Infringement
from the well-that-was-quick dept
It really was just a couple of weeks ago that we asked the (we thought) hypothetical question of who owns the copyright on a tattoo, and noted it would be a good question for a law school exam. We did mention one case, but it was settled out of court. Now we may have another. Apparently the artist who designed the tattoo on Mike Tyson's face is suing Warner Bros. and seeking an injunction to block the studio from releasing the upcoming movie The Hangover 2. In that movie, Ed Helms apparently ends up with a tattoo quite similar to Tyson's (Tyson appeared in the first Hangover movie).![](https://i.imgur.com/naib6.jpg)
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Filed Under: copyright, ed helms, mike tyson, tattoo, victor whitmillq
Companies: warner bros.
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Tattoo ownership
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A shitty tribal tattoo is still just a shitty tribal tattoo, it just so happens few enough people are stupid/crazy enough to put them around their eyesocket and so we recognize what they're going for, with it.
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simple solution in the future
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what so special about it?
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Relevant caselaw
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I make no claim to being a good typist...but looking past that the reply is otherwise accurate.
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Warner Bros deserves it.
They started this with their mine! minE! miNE! mINE! MINE! MINE! crap.
Let me tell you a story. "Once upon a time, a young girl who also happened to be an aspiring artist, walked into a museum with her sketch pad. She proceeded to sit in front of an artwork and make a copy of it on her pad. As she drew, an evil security guard admonished her for trying to copy famous art. The aspiring artist was not only crushed but escorted from the museum. The end."
Moral here? You tell everybody everything is copyrighted, (which is what the guard seemed to think), expect to be sued when you copy an idea. They opened this can of worms.
Making a strong point of copyright (IP) in trade negotiations is why Columbia is getting sued for showing the brief virtual destruction of some some statue in some country in South America.
Reap what you sow.
)Pretty soon fart and burp noise styles will be copyrighted and people will be afraid to pass gas in public.(
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Tat
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Mike's ink
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(C) copyright mark of the beast on a tatto
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(C) copyright mark of the beast on a tattoo
I've seen an arm tatoo that included a (C) symbol, a date, and the tattoo "artist's" name. It was on a guy that I believe to be especially stupid, so I wasn't surprised by it. Especially Stupid Guy got this tattoo at least 8 years ago, in South Western Colorado. The tattoo didn't look particularly original to me, but I'm not an expert.
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(Am I still allowed to say that when it's "cultural"?)
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Tattoo_Freakz
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