DRAKONICdrakonic@wetdry.world
Oct 21, 2026, 11:40 AM@goes2hard i raise you indie project “convention artist” “fandom” merch
A lot of anauthorised artists are making fan merch of stuff and it is generally not frowned upon
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Oct 21, 2026, 11:48 AM@drakonic you mean like someone selling a commission piece of like idk niko oneshot without being nightmargin themself? or something like selling oneshot buttons without being nightmargin? (though ? isnt that stuff literally fair use, at least according to US copyright law? if i make art using my own skill but characters of someone else, while not making a market substitute, im pretty sure it is fair use. itd be different if i made a clone of the videogame for example. though i also heard disney could sue you for selling mickey mouse art)
though i guess it is a case by case thing here.
if i was a small business artist and sold merch of my characters and someone else was undercutting me on product i sell using the art i made (like as in literally ripping the png and putting it on merch), i'd first just discourage my followers from buying, but if that wouldnt work and i suffered damages i might actually sue. (this scenario is what i was referring to with the material goods require ip.)- DRAKONICdrakonic@wetdry.worldOct 21, 2026, 6:57 PM
@goes2hard according to us copyright law, that is infringement, as you do not have rights to the intellectual property. Fair use is for "transformative" work - parody, for example.