An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip

Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by victorbjorklund on Thursday April 03, 2025 @05:26PM (#43575645)

I would 100% be allowed to draw an image of Indiana Jones in illustrator. There is no law against me drawing his likeness.

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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by kod on Thursday April 03, 2025 @05:36PM (#43575766)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_protection_for_ficti...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_rights#United_Stat...

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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by bawolff on Thursday April 03, 2025 @05:52PM (#43575926)

I don't think those links support the point you are trying to make (i assume you are disagreeing with parent). Copyright law is a lot more complex then just a binary, and fictional characters certainly don't enjoy personality rights.

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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by kod on Thursday April 03, 2025 @05:57PM (#43575977)

harrison ford certainly does

edit - also, I wasn't making a binary claim, the person I was responding to was: "no law". There are more than zero laws relevant to this situation. I agree with you that how relevant is context dependent.

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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by recursive on Thursday April 03, 2025 @05:51PM (#43575907)

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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by asadotzler on Thursday April 03, 2025 @08:12PM (#43576970)

but selling it is another and these ai companies sell their IP theft with a monthly subscription.

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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by pier25 on Thursday April 03, 2025 @05:27PM (#43575660)

No, you aren't allowed to monetize an image of Indiana Jones even if you made it yourself.

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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by bawolff on Thursday April 03, 2025 @05:55PM (#43575959)

That depends. There are situations where you are. Satire in particular would be a common one, but there can be others.

Rules around copyright (esp. Fair use) can be very context dependent.

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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by pier25 on Thursday April 03, 2025 @06:08PM (#43576061)

Those are the exceptions that confirm the rule, as they say.

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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by echoangle on Thursday April 03, 2025 @05:32PM (#43575721)

But would you be allowed to publish it in the same way the AI companies do?

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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by otabdeveloper4 on Friday April 04, 2025 @01:24AM (#43578622)

You 100% wouldn't be allowed to sell your Indiana Jones drawing services.

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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by mvieira38 on Friday April 04, 2025 @08:48AM (#43581506)

You wouldn't be able to offer a service to draw 1 to 1 recreations of Indiana Jones movie frames, though...

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