Some Potential Damages in NBA 2K Tattoo Lawsuit Have Been Dismissed
It appears the folks at 2K won a major legal challenge against the use of tattoos in NBA 2K16: Quote:
As we reported on back in February, this suit is exactly why other games don't really use player tattoos unless they are fully licensed. 2K won this challenge on a technicality, which could have cost Take Two upwards of a billion dollars in damages. However, it is likely that tattoos in NBA 2K (and other sports games) will continue to grow scarcer due to copyright and licensing issues. Take Two is still potentially on the hook for some damages in the case so they aren't out of the woods yet, however the total damages they may have been on the hook for has lessened considerably after today's ruling. |
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You would think one would appreciate the free advertising. I guess I get it though.
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Shouldn't tattoos become the player's property ? I don't really get it. It's on their body, most likely they've decided what they wanted to draw on their body, I don't get why do the tattoo artists own them.
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Yea that whole concept seems confusing to me, unless it's a original design they drew and the artist wanted it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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A second artist may not recreate that art in another medium (in this case, a texture for a video game) and then sell it for a profit; that's infringing on the original artist's intellectual property rights. |
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I understand the legality but still, there's no way the use of the tattoos in the game caused any harm to anyone, not physically or economically. Also, doesn't 2k has the right to use player likeness in the game? I thought tattoos were part of someone's likeness. This is getting ridiculous. What's next? Are barbers going to start suing too? I can see Lebron's barber being like I gave him his signature hairline, you can't copy it! It's my creation. Get outta here, someone needs to put a stop to this none sense. |
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So this isn't really even a victory, it's a technicality.
I understand but I still hate it. |
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