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Take-Two being sued over NBA 2K18's real-life tattoos

by rawmeatcowboy
20 October 2017
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Take-Two is finding themselves in an interesting legal battle over NBA 2K18. Solid Oak Sketches is suing Take-Two Interactive, alleging copyright infringement for unauthorized use of Solid Oak’s tattoos. Solid Oak's tattoos appear on various NBA all-stars, including LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and DeAndre Jordan. The original tattoo artists have signed copyright licensing agreements with Solid Oak, which grant intellectual property rights under copyright law to Solid Oak as if they were the original artists. The question here is, can copyrights be secured for the tattoos themselves? If so, then Take-Two will have to pay up.

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