Polygon bericht: "Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of 2K Sports, has won a partial but significant victory in a lawsuit over NBA players' copyrighted tattoos that appeared in the company's basketball series without permission.
A federal judge in Manhattan threw out claims for statutory damages by tattoo artist shop Solid Oak Sketches in its lawsuit against Take-Two, filed early last year. Solid Oak alleged that its designs — which are inked into the skin of NBA stars Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and others — were rendered into the game without authorization, violating its copyrights.
The ruling means that Solid Oak's claim of $150,000 per infringement, which could theoretically lead to billions in total damages because of the number of copies of NBA 2K sold each year, is nullified. That is because these designs were registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in 2015, after the alleged infringements occurred.
However, the judge ruled that Solid Oak may still pursue actual damages related to lost income for the tattoos' appearances in the NBA 2K series."
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