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Nba 2K Videogame Maker Wins Dismissal Of Big Tattoo Damages Claim


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2016-08-02T195417Z_1_LYNXNPEC7118S_RTROPTP_2_NBA.JPGBy Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The maker of the popular NBA 2K video game series on Tuesday won the dismissal of a potentially large damages claim in a lawsuit over its depiction of tattoos belonging to LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and other National Basketball Association stars. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said Take-Two Interactive Software Inc cannot be held liable to the plaintiff Solid Oak Sketches LLC for statutory damages of as much as $150,000 per copyright infringement, a sum that in theory could reach billions of dollars. Swain said Solid Oak can still pursue actual damages over New York-based Take-Two's alleged unauthorized incorporation into NBA 2K16 of eight tattoo designs that the plaintiff had licensed from various artists.

 

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