Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D is the subject of a first-of-its-kind lawsuit winding its way through the courts that could have a huge impact on how tattoo artists do their work.
Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D is the subject of a first-of-a-kind lawsuit over artistic interpretation and copyright infringement.
In 2017, Von D, whose legal name is Katherine Von Drachenberg, tattooed a likeness of an iconic photograph of jazz great Miles Davis onto a person.In 2021, the man who took the photograph, Jeffrey Sedlik, filed suit against Von D for copyright infringement. "Essentially he's saying that the tattoo is substantially similar to his photograph of Miles Davis and therefore Kat Von D has committed copyright infringement," said Aaron Moss, a copyright attorney in California.A federal judge in California recently decided that the case can go to trial.
"A finding of infringement would effectively make public display of the tattooed person’s arm an act of infringement," Amelia Brankov, a copyright lawyer not involved in the case, . "This could give pause to tattoo artists who are asked to ink third-party imagery on their clients."
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