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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

An example would be an artist copying a previous painting and merely altering the colors to pass it off as a new creation. Such cases are prohibited by law and can result in civil and criminal penalties. Brazilian Law Review of Civil Law – RBDCivil, v. The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law.