Pretty much.
It honestly depends on the company's copyright terms and whatnot, or just the original artist's wishes.
But to be honest, at times I don't see why copyright infringement laws (the ones that state that it is illegal to edit existing artwork or trace over it) even exist anymore--no one cares enough to really enforce them, it seems.
DeviantART, for example. "Frankenedits" (or just any edits in general, for instance, any edit of an official pokemon sprite or something) are a common sight, and despite the FAQ being against it, even when you report said deviations they're taken with a low priority. (I've reported...about thirty of those and only one got taken down so far.)
And I see people make profits off of artwork of characters who are "protected" by an official copyright license, it seems.
Why copyright laws contradict what people actually tend to enforce completely escapes me, besides the fact that edits and the like are pretty much a force beyond reckoning. That, and false assumptions could be made, I guess.
But I digress.
Chris2Balls: Nah. Pixel over of Sugimori's artwork of Oshawott. *shrug*
It honestly depends on the company's copyright terms and whatnot, or just the original artist's wishes.
But to be honest, at times I don't see why copyright infringement laws (the ones that state that it is illegal to edit existing artwork or trace over it) even exist anymore--no one cares enough to really enforce them, it seems.
DeviantART, for example. "Frankenedits" (or just any edits in general, for instance, any edit of an official pokemon sprite or something) are a common sight, and despite the FAQ being against it, even when you report said deviations they're taken with a low priority. (I've reported...about thirty of those and only one got taken down so far.)
And I see people make profits off of artwork of characters who are "protected" by an official copyright license, it seems.
Why copyright laws contradict what people actually tend to enforce completely escapes me, besides the fact that edits and the like are pretty much a force beyond reckoning. That, and false assumptions could be made, I guess.
But I digress.
Chris2Balls: Nah. Pixel over of Sugimori's artwork of Oshawott. *shrug*
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