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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

Thus, Warhol possessed rights over the creative contributions he made, but so did Goldsmith, as her creation served as the foundation for the final artwork. 6] On practice, this means that overall Brazilian Copyright Law tends to have a pro-user interpretation, whereas US Copyright Law tends to have a pro-owner interpretation.