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23 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 396 (2012-2013)
Who Owns Your Body Art: The Copyright and Constitutional Implications of Tattoos

handle is hein.journals/frdipm23 and id is 404 raw text is: Who Owns Your Body Art?: The Copyright and Constitutional Implications of Tattoos Meredith Hatic* INTRODUCTION .............................................397 1. COPYRIGHT LAW UNDER THE COPYRIGHT ACT OF 1976 .................... .............. 400 A. Policy Underlying the Copyright Act..................... 400 B. Classifying the Work........ ............. 401 C. Determining Ownership........... ............. 402 D. Exclusive Rights ............................ 405 1. The Right to Reproduce ................ 405 2. The Right to Prepare Derivative Works........... 406 3. The Right to Distribute ........... ..... 407 4. The Rights to Perform Publicly and to Display Publicly............ ......... 407 5. The Rights of Certain Authors to Attribution and Integrity..................... 408 E. Fair Use as a Defense ................... 409 F. Remedies ............................. 410 G. Actual Damages ................... ..... 410 H. Statutory Damages ................ ...... 411 L Injunctive Relief ................ ....... 412 II. CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS ......................... 413 A. Two Infringement Scenarios ............... 413 B. Tattoos, Copyrights, and the Courts ..... ..... 413 J.D. Candidate, Fordham University School of Law, May 2013; B.B.A., University of Miami, 2010. Many thanks to Ryan Fox and Tiffany Miao for their dedication and to Sasha Segall, Hannah Steinblatt, and the rest of the IPLJ staff for their hard work and thoughtful contributions to this Note. Thank you to Professor Joel Reidenberg for his guidance and insight. Special thanks to my family and friends for their unwavering patience and support. 396

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