Aww I love it! Looks like a giant Chingling

I just learned what "grand theft animarum" means and it is a perfect descriptor of this 🤣

also "copyright infringement" LMAO. (that's when his demon minions leaked "Takedown" at the Idol Awards)

Source: web.archive.org/web/20070621...

And these are artwork of the Mew's Hangout fake Eeveelutions (created by Mewkitty and contributors):

Disney, Universal, and WB are suing Midjourney for allowing users to post #fanart of copyrighted characters. MPAA has criticized OpenAI's Sora 2 for essentially the same thing.

Why wouldn't they go after DeviantArt, Pixiv, and Instagram next? Or worse - individual fan artists?

[Legal information, not legal advice, as always]

By contrast, a commercial use is presumptively unfair - commercial actors should assume they need to get a license and compensate the rightsholders.

Like, there's no monoculture like there was in popular music where everybody heard the same Top 40 on the radio.

I know PMD fanfic is a thing, and I've written some myself, but I'm utterly unfamiliar with most other works in this space (except for the parent show of my actual play podcast).

Have you heard of the Creative Commons non-commercial licenses? This is the one I usually use for my fan art:

creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...

There's also one that only allows sharing/reuse without changes, if that's of interest:

creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...

I just found out that Venmo's rates are lower (1.9% + 10¢) vs. PayPal's 2.59%...?

Certain crypto networks (particularly USD-pegged stablecoins like Tether) may have lower transaction costs in general

Have you considered either of these?

Wait, you're also a Pikachu? =3

I was a kid when I first listened to this! ☺️

[disclaimer: this is just my personal opinion and interpretation of the law and is not legal advice]