/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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NTAYRT but that's not what that means. If you copy an official pikachu artwork line for line then you can't claim copyright, but if you draw pikachu in a unique pose and or style then nintendo can't show up and say "this is ours to sell now." You can't legally profit from it depending on the circumstances (many companies tend to look the other way which is why fan merch is a gray area) but they don't automatically own the copyright for the artwork you created just because it contains references to their intellectual property. Same goes for any IP. Hell, even if you copy it line for line they still can't legally own and use your jpeg. You still own the work you create, profit is a separate matter.