Madden NFL 15 Screenshot - Colin Kaepernick with Tattoos

[Big FN Deal]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cryolemon

Only Kaep has tattoos apparently: Eric Fisher ‏@EricFisherSBJ 4m EA: Kaepernick personally secured his own permissions for tattoos in upcoming "Madden." Not sign of broader plan. More coming in SBD Eric Fisher ‏@EricFisherSBJ 5m NFL doesn't have a contractual ban against tattoos in Madden. Artist permissions have been issue, but Kap got his own

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Taken from CM's article in the LA Times: Late last year, for example, Stephen Allen, a tattoo artist, sued video game maker Electronic Arts and former Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams over a tattoo Allen put on Williams' bicep. The tattoo appeared on the cover of EA's "NFL Street" video game. Allen claimed that the reproduction and display of the tattoo violated his copyright. That case was dismissed in April at the request of the plaintiff, but because so many NFL players have tattoos, it got the attention of the NFL Players Assn. NFLPA officials began advising players to get copyright waivers from their tattoo artists. George Atallah, an NFLPA official, told Bloomberg Businessweek that the union recently cautioned its players: We know you love your tattoo artists, but regardless of whether you trust them, regardless of whether there are legal merits to the lawsuits that we've seen, just protect yourself. So, there's that, too.

Well it's nice to finally dispel this urban legend that the NFL forbid tats in Madden and actually get some facts.

That said, this is another example of why I want another gaming studio to purchase a football game from, the constant lack of simple straightforward communication from EA/Tiburon. All this time over the years, this simple question about tats has been asked/discussed in reference to Madden without these facts being shared.

[DiscountCleric]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Taken from CM's article in the LA Times: Late last year, for example, Stephen Allen, a tattoo artist, sued video game maker Electronic Arts and former Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams over a tattoo Allen put on Williams' bicep. The tattoo appeared on the cover of EA's "NFL Street" video game. Allen claimed that the reproduction and display of the tattoo violated his copyright.

Not a lawyer, but that's probably the issue. An actual photograph is one thing, but to "re-draw" the tattoo is a violation.

The other thing, which I presume is how it actually went down:
EA: Can we do tattoos?
NFL: Sure, just get artist's permission so we don't get sued.
(# of NFL players * # of tattoos, at least 1 artist per player) = "I'd rather not show any than waste time chasing god knows how many tattoo artists to get permission, or having a complete crapshoot of who has them & who doesn't.", and then Kaepernick wants his tattoos represented and does the legwork of finding the artist(s), getting their permission & going to EA with it.

[RateSports]

Quote:

"There's a ton of buzz around this. In this game, we only have Colin's tattoos, but we'd love to secure the rights to the tattoos of other players in the future."

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11...ernick-tattoos

Thoughts anyone?

[Gilley]

*SIGH*


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[SuperNoVa27]

That really really sucks.

[splff3000]

lol Who would expect more?

[MajorSupreme]

I'm not surprised. Not at all. Oh well. Maybe there will be something else.

[NDAlum]

The ability of a tattoo artist to file a lawsuit about the tattoo is ridiculous IMO. I just don't understand how

It furthers my hate for the current legal state if this country smh


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