https://artlawjournal.com/mickey-mo use-keeps-changing-copyr

>>3027804
Are you 12 years old or something?

>I hate copyright
Copyright is extremely important to artists. What a dumb, immature fucking thing to say. Why do you hate copyright law?

> I hate how you can't use basically anything made in the XX century thanks to disney to use in our culture.
This is not true. What the fuck are you smoking?

> seems ok my plan, since I'll be doing derivate works
It doesn't matter if it's derivative, or how much you changed it. If it can be obviously recognized and linked back to an IP, it's potentially (and likely) copyright infringement.

>>3027804
So you're pissed off because you can't steal from disney?

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>>3027804
>derivative
You mean transformative
Disney is not going to sue some kid for drawing a mickey mouse, but you should read up anyways:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States#Fair_Use

Gonna breathe some life into this thread just so I don't make a new thread regarding the exact same thing. Copied and pasted from /biz/ and then /adv/ because /biz/ told me to post it here.

I just started my own little side business as a fan artist, selling prints and commissions to friends and family members, but I've heard some shady things about people selling Disney and Marvel stuff. But then another friend told me that she sells Disney and Marvel stuff all the time and as long as I'm not making some ludicrous amount of money off it and not selling it at a convention then to not worry about it.

Can someone tell me exactly what the copyright laws and and trademark laws and stuff are regarding selling artwork? I'm only four days into my business but this had never occurred to me before today because I got a Disney commission request and I want to know if I can actually go through with it.

I read the link to Wikipedia that >>3027850 linked but I'm having trouble deciphering some of it because I don't really know anything about the laws other than the bare bones basics.

>>3031012
You can't sell their brand, but you can sell fan art because that's your own brand. If someone comes to you then that's okay.

>>3031018
So as long as I draw them myself not using any one photo as reference, only references to get faces and outfits right, even if my characters look really accurate to the way they're drawn originally, since I'm not 100% copying something Disney put out line-for-line and since I'm being commissioned, I'm in the clear?

Sorry if I'm being too autistic here but I really don't wanna shoot my little business in the foot right out of the gate, especially over Disney of all things.

>>3027804
Just do your own thang man.

Aren't artists supposed to be creative people?...