{"id":410686,"date":"2011-04-30T17:34:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T17:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/30\/mike-tysons-face-tattoo-artist-sues-hangover-3\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T17:34:46","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T17:34:46","slug":"mike-tysons-face-tattoo-artist-sues-hangover-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/mike-tysons-face-tattoo-artist-sues-hangover-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson&#8217;s Face Tattoo Artist Sues &#8216;Hangover&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2011\/04\/29\/hangover-2-face-tattoo-ed-helms-mike-tyson-copyright-lawsuit-warner-bros-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Tmz<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> If you&#8217;ve seen the previews for &#8220;Hangover 2&#8221; &#8212; you already know Ed Helms wakes up with a Mike Tyson face tattoo &#8230; but now, the guy who did Tyson&#8217;s ink is PISSED at producers, claiming they ripped off his work without permission.<\/p>\n<p>The guy who applied Tyson&#8217;s face tattoo back in 2003 is S. Victor Whitmill &#8212; who claims he not only created the design, but copyrighted it as well.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Whitmill says he&#8217;s never allowed ANYONE to use the image since he put it on Tyson.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Whitmill has filed a lawsuit in federal court in St. Louis, claiming Warner Bros. &#8212; the studio behind the movie &#8212; violated his copyright &#8230; and he wants to block the studio from showing the tattoo in the film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_249-150x90.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201104\/157496.php\" title=\"Mike Tyson's Face Tattoo Artist Sues 'Hangover'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Tyson&#8217;s Face Tattoo Artist Sues &#8216;Hangover&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tmz : \u00a0\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve seen the previews for &#8220;Hangover 2&#8221; &#8212; you already know Ed Helms wakes up with a Mike Tyson face tattoo &#8230; but now, the guy who did Tyson&#8217;s ink is PISSED at producers, claiming they ripped off his work without permission. 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