WWE is heading to court over the presence of tattoos in their video games. This news comes courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter as they spoke to Randy Orton’s tattoo artist Catherine Alexander. Her work appeared in WWE 2K series video games and she wanted to be compensated for her art. Surprisingly, the Illinois federal court system actually ruled that this was the case. Now, the copyright infringement case will be settled in court without the entertainment company being able to argue that the art is minimal to the experience of these games. U.S. District Court Judge Staci Yandle handled the decision surrounding the tattoos in question. It’s going to be interesting to see how this shakes out as many athletes have their likenesses represented in games all across the spectrum.
“Whether the Seventh Circuit recognizes this defense to copyright infringement claims is an open question,”…
