But, in fact, I was mostly welcomed with open arms not so much for being a cultural subversive but for my ability to provide free legal advice. When someone was discriminated against at work because of their body mods, they called me. If a tattoo apprentice opened shop right across the street from her mentor, the mentor called me. A piercer needed a new customer release form, and I got an email. So it was kind of a shock to me that I met so much resistance to the idea of copyrighting tattoos. It’s a simple idea:

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