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Just about everyone in England can bring to mind the ‘Jolly Fisherman’ poster which proclaims ‘Skegness is SO Bracing’. It was designed in 1908 as an advertisement for the resort by John Hassall.
The copyright to the poster is owned by Skegness Town Council, which has now told local tattoo parlours that they must pay a copyright fee of £10 to use the image.
The charge has come to public notice after a taxi driver complained that he had to pay to use the image on his taxi and argued the same charge should also apply to tattooists. One of the local tattoo artists called the charge ‘silly’.
He is right there! It must cost more than £10 for the local burocrats to process the one or two applications they get each year.
And, as another said, ‘It's good publicity for the town’.
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Just about everyone in England can bring to mind the ‘Jolly Fisherman’ poster which proclaims ‘Skegness is SO Bracing’. It was designed in 1908 as an advertisement for the resort by John Hassall.
The copyright to the poster is owned by Skegness Town Council, which has now told local tattoo parlours that they must pay a copyright fee of £10 to use the image.
The charge has come to public notice after a taxi driver complained that he had to pay to use the image on his taxi and argued the same charge should also apply to tattooists. One of the local tattoo artists called the charge ‘silly’.
He is right there! It must cost more than £10 for the local burocrats to process the one or two applications they get each year.
And, as another said, ‘It's good publicity for the town’.
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