Copyrighting Tattoos in Sports Video Games: Can LeBron James License His Image?
Tattoos are permanent, often complex, creative, and original pieces of work created by a tattoo artist. Recently, litigation has come up regarding tattoos on famous athletes. While most issues involving tattoos on athletes are more easily handled u2014 such as J.R. Smithu2019s tattoo of the brand Supreme on his leg1 u2014 there are questions of whether a tattoo is subject to copyright protection when it is prominently displayed and reproduced on a famous athlete in a video game. This question is at the center of a lawsuit filed by Solid Oak Sketches against Take Two Interactive Software as well as two other producers of the popular.Source By: https://sewellnylaw.com/copyrighting-tattoos-in-sports-video-games-can-lebron-james-license-his-image
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