Tattoos and copyright.

Whitewater · 9 Mar 2006 at 20:50

The answer to my first question is probably self-explanatory but I'm hoping I'm wrong about both:

Is it a breech of copyright to reproduce an image in the form of a tattoo?
I'd say yes but would love to be proved wrong.

Will tattooists reproduce copyright images in the form of a tattoo?
I'd say no but again would love to be proved wrong.

Many thanks in advance

Burnsy2023 · 9 Mar 2006 at 20:55

I would have thought it would be illegal, but I doubt a tatooist would care.

Burnsy

Blackstar · 9 Mar 2006 at 20:57

Nope i dont think so unless the artist has copyrighted the image, one artist that has done such a thing is Angel who has a large back piece of angel wings that even have a tiny copyright symbol

PardonTheWait · 9 Mar 2006 at 20:59

They're not allowed to advertise copyrighted images as flash by law but they can tattoo what they please, so you can ask for whatever you want.

Think about it - how many Tasmanian Devils, Tweety Pie's, Sylvesters, Winnie The Poohs do you see?

Well I live in Essex so the answer is lots!