According to US Copyright law, USC title 17 states "In the case of a work made for hire, the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared is considered the author for purposes of this title, and, unless the parties have expressly agreed otherwise in a written instrument signed by them, owns all of the rights comprised in the copyright" According to that statement, hiring a tattoo artist to design and ink a tattoo for you makes the person who paid for the tattoo the owner, unless paperwork is signed that changes those conditions. This of course presumes that having a tattoo done is “...the case of a work made for hire.”
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5 messages · last activity 3/21/2006
Your point being.....?
sorry taz just put it up for info to all who might be wondering or need it!!!
could get ticklish...Lets say Some guy comes in and pays you for a piece of flash. He now owns that art??? along with the 1000 people before him? I dont think so. In the case of the other. My take is this....If someone comes in for YOUR custom design...he owns the TATOO! YOU still own the art. He walks away with one and you still have the other.
As are all laws this one is open tointerpretation of the judicial system...in essence if ya took yer wife and paid for her tattoo you would then own that piece of skin the tattoo os on.?....Well thats what the law states!! I don't think so...It is an interesting law to know about tho! Thanks!!!!!