Just read the story in the news that "the hangover 2" might not get released because one of the actors gets a tatoo like Mike Tyson, and this apparently infringes the original artists copyright.
WTF?
Tyson is in the film so presumably gives his permission?
Surely once you've paid for the tatoo it's yours, otherwise the tatoo artist should be paying you rent for your leg/bum/face/arm/etc. It's a bit like an artist selling a few paintings for £100 each, then suddenly becoming famous and going back to the original buyers and asking for millions because the paintings appreciated in value.
Music, and printed art I see as being different, you can't just make a copy of a print/painting as that's how the artist makes his living selling copies of his work. But surely a tatoo is very definitely 'yours'.
