Before filing its lawsuit, Solid Oak sought $819,500 for past infringement and proposed a $1.14 million deal for future use of the tattoos.
If using a tattoo in a game will cost this much, many games will have to stop using them
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Mr Shawn Rome and Mr Justin Wright, two of the three tattoo artists who licensed their work to Solid Oak, said they had been deceived by its founder, Mr Matthew Siegler, and never desired a lawsuit. He approached them with a plan to incorporate their tattoo designs into a clothing line, they said, but it went nowhere.
This is an issue and inhibits the forward progress of the internet.
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Mr Gotti Flores said he has spent at least 40 hours tattooing NFL receiver Mike Evans, one of the few players with tattoos in Madden. He was surprised, he said, that he had to give permission for his work to be reproduced in the game.
This would be beneficial for the companies if people acted like this.
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“There is LeBron James, but it’s not LeBron James. It’s a cartoon version of him.”
There is a clear distinction between online and real tattoos
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The company faced a copyright infringement lawsuit after the cover of the game NFL Street included an illustration of running back Ricky Williams and some of his tattoos, but the artist withdrew his claim in 2013.
This isnt the first time its happened, which means this has been an ongoing issue.
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