Mike Tysons Tattoo Artist vs. The Hangover II

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    “Tyson’s tattoo artist S. Victor Whitmill filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. Entertainment on April 28, just weeks before the movie’s May 26 opening. Since he obtained a copyright for the eight-year-old “artwork on 3-D” on April 19, he claimed that the use of his design in the movie and in advertisements without his consent was copyright infringement. Warner Bros., of course, saw it as a parody falling under “fair use.”

    So Mike Tyson could not have sued someone for having the same idea for a tattoo as him, but because the artist had made that design material, it was his “expression?” Maybe?

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