Quote - Well if you post such a question on a publicy accessible forum do you expect only lawyers to answer? Of course not. Good point, agreed.  It's just reading through all the responses gave me the impression that everyone was an authority without pointing the OP to the rules. 

You're also going to get different answers from a global persceptive based on different experiences and people will freely debate it. Which is whats happening here and theres nothing wrong with good fair debate. As for the advice that's gonna be given.

I completely agree with you. 

If it's obviously wrong - like the tat guys - then other artists will want to warn the OP. Purely because they don't want the OP to get into any trouble. So yes you're right anyone doing this should get permission from the IP or copyright holder.

I'm not sure the tat guy is completely wrong, but unless I knew for sure, I would definitely get it in writing, for my own peace of mind. 

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