@shwnwllms haha Pyre Press — https://www.pyrepress.com/. I have way too many band shirts but if they sell something from a band I like or a band has them do a run I’ll always pick something up. 20 Buck Spin used them for all their bands.
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.
@ttpphd All the folk interviewed for this article still have their tattoos and one is considering getting it touched up. The writer only managed to reach nine of the 12, but seemingly the whole group is still in touch and no one mentions that anyone has had their tattoo removed. So perhaps the moral of the story is that people who get tattoos of a Razer toaster regret their tattoos less than the average?
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?
@overholt@dancingtreefrog@dfrancis We learn so much in the fediverse! Seems like that particular law applies only to Europe and under certain conditions, but interesting to see that there is a precedent!
@CultureDesk@overholt@dancingtreefrog@dfrancis Here is an overview of Artist's Resale Right ("droit de suite") and the jurisdictions where it applies. It was a hot topic a few years ago when technologies to support it gained mainstream attention.
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