[ccc3]

I have a friend who owns a company that makes manufacturing equipment. I've often heard him say, usually in frustration, that if you make something in America you will eventually get sued. Sadly, it looks like his observation now extends to movies.

[gallerytungsten]

While your contention about manufacturers being sued is generally accurate, that is a matter of product liability, which is a considerably different issue than the copyright issue at hand.

In the case at hand, the issue is artistic copyright and the moral rights of artists. One of the applicable governing laws in this area is the Berne copyright convention, which the US ratified in 1989. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protec...

Additionally, a number of articles have mentioned that the tattoo artist had a contract with Tyson that covered the type of controversy that's the subject of the litigation.

Bottom line: I think he has a case.