Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Explainer: who owns the copyright to your tattoo?; The Conversation, August 10, 2020

, The Conversation; Explainer: who owns the copyright to your tattoo?

"So, why don’t tattooists sue over copying?

In some art industries, there can be a big gap between holding rights and exercising them. 
To tattooists, appropriation is mostly seen as a matter of ethics or manners rather than law...
These norms aside, copyright law does apply to tattoos. Whether or not more tattoo enthusiasts will seek an appropriate licence, as occurred in the case of Jarrangini (buffalo), or a copyright owner will sue for a rights violation, is another matter."

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