Take-Two Interactive & Visual Concepts Sued By Tattoo Artists

[SpeedyClaxton]

Quote: Originally Posted by jake44np

I grew up playing the game below, so yes I would and have. http://static1.techinsider.io/image/...kobe_nba97.jpg http://www.gameclassification.com/fi...A-Playoffs.gif

Well i also grew up on all these 2D games as well but since it's 2016 i would like to have WHOLE PACKAGE.

[24ct]

I don't think you can sue a TV company for showing a player who happens to have your work represented on them. It isn't the same as suing a gaming studio that's making money by selling a game with your digital recreation in it. The video game is made by a 3rd party and they digitally recreated the work vs a TV show that's just showing live action. I think that's a totally different case.

[NINJAK2]

Quote: Originally Posted by coolcras7

You do realize that people are jerks and will try to take advantage of this situation, we will be the ones who loses. Can you imagine like MSG, EA/2K buying the rights to Tattoos and it's only available on one of the games.

That's a great point coolcras7. You may have given one of these companies an idea

[Haval93]

I'm not a lawyer, but wouldn't copyright laws only apply for the base image or "tattoo", if you modify the tattoo, the artist can't claim copyrights over it? If so, can't 2K simply modify the tattoos and put it into the game? I'm sure fans would complain that the tattoos look off, but it would be better than nothing.

[iReP PHiLLY]

Quote: Originally Posted by redsox4evur

What exposure? There isn't any because 2K does not say who created these tattoos? Nor do the players.

Man exposure doesn't matter at all, who cares who did the tattoos on whoever. If someone cares that much than that individual should find out themselves, nobody owes squat to the artists but what was paid at the time the tattoo was done. Simple as that IMO. Saying to treat tattoos like other art is ridiculous, that's like buying a painting then selling it and having to give the artist a cut... No way in hell should u do that when you paid in full at the time of purchase. Now if someone is selling saying "I did this" that's what would make this situation valid, but nobody on 2Ks staff is saying "look we made these tattoos" a money grab is exactly what this is and nothing less. Now if there was a contract (I will put this tattoo on your body but I will always own it) before the tattoos where done then ok I get that but I never seen that done and I have tattoos myself done professionally. The person that owns the tattoo is the person that paid for it and who has to look at it for eternity, no one else.


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[The 24th Letter]

LeBron......

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James wasn't aware of a lawsuit that's out there involving the ink on his body, but when informed the gist of it, he was a bit puzzled. "So even if I designed it (the tattoo), the company owns it?" James asked. Solid Oak Sketches filed a $1.1 million lawsuit in a New York federal court Monday against NBA 2K Games, Take-Two Software and Visual Concepts claiming unauthorized reproductions of the tattoo designs they crafted on James, Kobe Bryant and other NBA players. Among the eight designs in question are a child's portrait and script scrolls with clouds and doves on the forearms of James; and butterflies on the arm of the Lakers' Kobe Bryant. S.O.S alleges to own copyrights of the tattoos and stated they never permitted the visuals of their art to be used by those companies. There is a precedent for such suits. Previously: Tattoo artists want money for designs in NBA 2K16; you agree? Tattoo artist S. Victor Whitmill, who created the face tattoo design for former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, sued Warner Bros. in 2011 for using his design on a character in the movie, "The Hangover Part II." The suit was eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. Jokingly, James said, "I'm going to copyright my lips," as he retreated to take the court for shootaround in advance of tonight's game against the Charlotte Hornets. The lawsuit appears to be something he's not too concerned with.

[Geolink]

Will the barbers sue next for face scanning the players hair?

[jeremym480]

How is all of this stuff even accounted for? If an NBA player gets a tattoo does he have to have his lawyer present? Or do tattoo shops have you fill out a bunch of paper work like when you're buying a house or something? Do they keep detailed records of every celebrities tattoos that the create just for situations like this?

If Lebron says that he designed the tattoo and the Solid Oak Sketches says that they did is there even a way to prove it? I guess it's his word against theirs, but what reason would Lebron have for saying that it's his design?