Five years ago, the CEO of Razer, which makes gaming gear, laptops, bags and chairs, said the brand would make a toaster. As part of the campaign to get the product made, several Facebook users got tattoos of Razer toasters. Now, there's no toaster and the company says it will not be regularly updating its community due to inappropriate social media comments, including death threats. Tom's Hardware caught up with nine of the 12 folk who got tattooed to find out how they feel, and if they still believe.
Video games, LeBron James, tattoos, and copyright law, in one story? The internet is really spoiling us today. @polygon reports on a long-drawn-out case in which tattoo artist Jimmy Hayden is suing Take-Two Interactive Software, makers of the NBA 2K video games, over the use of tattoos he made for LeBron James that were reproduced in games from 2016 to 2020. Hayden's attorney argues that Take-Two "painstakingly copied" the designs. Take-Two's team says that James' tattoos are a very small part of NBA 2K, and that James has licensed his own likeness to Take-Two, so a ruling in favor of Hayden would mean James would have to ask Hayden for permission to license his own being. Here are all the details, plus background on other cases in which tattoo artists have sued video game companies. What do you think?
A team of chemistry researchers analyzed 54 tattoo inks from the U.S. market. They found that many inks contained potentially concerning additives that weren’t listed on the packaging. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/-qBdvR #Science#Health#Tattoos
'... as work done by my team of chemistry researchers suggests, up to 90% of tattoo inks in the U.S. might be mislabeled. This isn't just a case of a missing pigment or a minor discrepancy. These inks contained potentially concerning additives that weren't listed on the packaging.'
Ok so listen, everyone in Canada has already adopted #SebastianBach because of the #TrailerParkBoys so it is no surprise at all to me that he decided to come and jam with #AirSupply. If you were a kid in the 70s you love Air Supply, don't bullshit a bullshitter.
Anyways, then I noticed, holy shit, dig Russ Hitchcock's #tattoos and wondered if it was a shirt because Metal guy coming over, but no, they're real. And man are his FB fans ever jerks about it too.
This tattoo is peeling a little more than the last few and the hair on my arm is also growing back through it quicker and yeah well this is fun. #Tattoos
Really excited to weave art from country, punk and death metal albums into one tattoo. Anyone that gets all the references is my new best friend. #Tattoos