Some Potential Damages in NBA 2K Tattoo Lawsuit Have Been Dismissed

[ksteward84]

An interesting part is that WWE 2K is usually super detailed about tattoos (or I'm just not paying close enough attention)

[mcpats]

How is 2k liable and not the players and/or players union. Isn't that point of purchasing the rights from a union? You can recreate the player's likeness whether it's hairstyle, freckles, scars, or tattoos. Isn't it up to the players and the union to let 2k know if there are any specific barriers to recreating said players? I think it falls on the players and their representatives to present a 'clean' license to their business partner

[badazzleroybrown]

any pro athlete just needs to make up a form that states that they have all rights to the art work
or if it is not a original then that they have the right for it to be used. i just see it as a bunch of nobody tattoo artists trying to get something for nothing. next it will be the people who make the ink saying they are being infringed upon
does this stuff ever end

[ChaseB]

I feel like a lot of the "this is stupid" comments come from a place of wanting the video game to be authentic rather than disagreeing with the thought process. Which, hey, that's fine, but at least just be up front about that.

[BluFu]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaseB

I feel like a lot of the "this is stupid" comments come from a place of wanting the video game to be authentic rather than disagreeing with the thought process. Which, hey, that's fine, but at least just be up front about that.

Forgive me, but I'm genuinely confused as to how tattoo artists can literally own a part of someone's body.

[CMH]

Quote: Originally Posted by BluFu

Forgive me, but I'm genuinely confused as to how tattoo artists can literally own a part of someone's body.

They don't own the body part. They own the art on the body part.

[juicey79]

Bottom line why allow yourself to be someone's personal canvas if you can't own the right to something you paid for. It's very silly in my opinion.

[mcpats]

Sure they own the art, meaning other artists can't steal that design and use it on their own clients. It also means 2k can't take a specific tattoo off LeBron and make it available for your MyPlayer or your center court logo, which they do not do. However, a person's pigment is part of their likeness, whether it's their natural born color or if it's been electively altered (i.e. tattoo).