@KingMike On that topic, I recently came across an interesting case. https://youtu.be/ylKLIjlDEi8 Disney stole a 3D character model made by an artist, years prior, to make a music box and sell it in their parks. The artist claims that the IP owner (Disney) do not own the copyright over fan arts. They have the right to send a cease and desist to have the work removed/destroyed if they don't like it, but they can't claim it as their own. I would imagine (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that unauthorized translations (which fan translations are), provided for free, fall under that same category. Obviously, this only applies to fan arts made with no commercial purposes.
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@KingMike
On that topic, I recently came across an interesting case.
https://youtu.be/ylKLIjlDEi8
Disney stole a 3D character model made by an artist, years prior, to make a music box and sell it in their parks. The artist claims that the IP owner (Disney) do not own the copyright over fan arts. They have the right to send a cease and desist to have the work removed/destroyed if they don't like it, but they can't claim it as their own. I would imagine (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that unauthorized translations (which fan translations are), provided for free, fall under that same category.
Obviously, this only applies to fan arts made with no commercial purposes.
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