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Kat Von D spotted looking giddy while leaving a Los Angeles courthouse after winning her copyright case over a famous Miles Davis photograph


Kat Von D was all smiles after leaving a Los Angeles courthouse on Friday, after winning her copyright case over a famous Miles Davis photograph.

The jury deliberated for just over two hours before deciding that Von D's tattoo based on Jeffrey Sedlik's famous 1989 portrait of Miles Davis did not violate the photographer's copyright. Kat Von D was all smiles after leaving a Los Angeles courthouse on Friday, after winning her copyright case over a famous Miles Davis photograph He argued during closing arguments that the lawsuit wasn't about tattoos but about 'copying others' protected works,' including his client's photo that was first published on the cover of JAZZIZ magazine in 1989, which he copyrighted in 1994.

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