I don't really see what should be complicated about this? You are using designs without having the license to do so and try to make money out of it. That is pretty much everywhere a breach of copyrights. You might want to check with your lawyer, but I really think that is a mood question. Now if the owner of the copyrights…
It's another one of those grey area I guess. Say for example, you were selling a 3D printed model of Ryu from Street Fighter you 3D modeled yourself; My guess is that it's probably illegal but then again so is selling any fan art of Ryu, may it be posters, fan animations and such... Yet during conventions and on art site,…
Is taking commissions to make a piece of fan art illegal? I've always assumed the commissioner is responsible for copyright issues, not the commissioned. I guess you could state that in a commission contract. Gets really weird legally when someone gets commissioned to make cosplay for someone else. And there IS fair use,…
Just to get some more things out there to make you understand key things: 1. There isn't an universial worldwide copyright law. There are multilateral agreements and such things, but not an unified version. So sitting the USA or China or European countries or Russia means you are facing probably a different legal system.…