[ SECRET POST #2756 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2756 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think you're not understanding the unspoken rules of the art world, which really has nothing to do with trademark or copyright law.

Basically, if you don't claim something is your own, and you don't directly copy someone else's work (like on Bootlegs you'll see official artwork that was just cut and pasted onto a cell phone) and it's rare someone will come after you. Fanart that can be proven to fall under fair use is completely legal (that's usually your parodies and crossovers.) If a fanartist isn't doing a parody, they may be in more shakey ground, but if it's their own original work they can still claim it on some level (like for instance, if a bootlegger tries to take that fanart, the artist of it can tell them to take it down.)

Don't confuse trademark with morals though, in the history of art, copyright is a fairly new thing. Art has always been about being inspired by other people's stories, the fact that we've now attached the name "fanart" to this seems to have formed some new opinions about it. Yeah there's always going to be things we feel are sketchy, or something we think an artist shouldn't do... but it's not black and white.