Copyright Law & Tattoos: A Tiger King Story

A discussion of the unique aspects of copyright lawsuits over tattoos, featuring a recap of a recent 2023 tattoo copyright case, Cramer v. Netflix. In Cramer the Plaintiff, a tattoo artist, sued Netflix for copyright infringement when Netflix included a picture of Plaintiff’s copyrighted work, a COVID-19 Joe Exotic-themed tattoo, in a montage in the first episode of season 2 of Tiger King, without Plaintiff’s permission.