Can a platform offer a course of drawing in a specific art style of a modern work (that's not in the public domain) without license?
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Can a platform offer a course of drawing in a specific art style of a modern work (that's not in the public domain) without license?
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Yeah, styles and ideas can't be patented.
If you use it and sell it, you could be up for a trademark problem, like I can teach you how to draw the Nike logo, but you can't then go on and make a nike-looking logo for your new shoe company.
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This is on the very edges of copyright laws (and personality rights etc.), and therefore there are many different answers in many different countries.
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This is on the very edges of copyright laws (and personality rights etc.), and therefore there are many different answers in many different countries.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Which country has a copyright law pertaining to art style? I'm almost 100% certain that OP is in the clear, regardless of where he is.
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I would say: even if it's just a free video, C.Y.A. (wear some pants). At a minimum.
In other words, distance yourself from anything that ties to any sort of intellectual property. Don't use their names in a title/description, don't use their pixels (especially not in a thumbnail), use original designs and even add your own ideas or changes/improvements etc. Define, generalize, and abstract.
Keep any hint of it off of the internet until it's finished and released.
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All art is derivative.
A "style" cannot be subjected to copyright.