Rainbow Dash is owned by Hasbro. Legally, you can't use ANYTHING owned by Hasbro. That includes ALL of the characters, as well as the show's art style.
Erm I don't think its possible for them to copyright an Art style, This isn't rainbow dash its Bronycoin her ugly cousin.. The Artwork wasn't created by Hasbro it was created by a German guy, then heavily modified by me, its like when you see fake versions of animations on TV shows, (altered just enough) I admit the hair colour is close to Rainbow dash, but so is the hair colour of many Bronies lol Some key features are different, rainbow dash doesn't have a beauty mark, nor is the colouring the same as Hasbro.... I say again that Pony is called Bronycoin lol At least till somebody comes up with a better option.
Not sure about the art style thing, and although Hasbro is usually pretty cool about letting independent artists use its rights, all that it takes is enough money to be in something, or a change of management at Hasbro, for Ridley to be totally right about this one. I would use art that doesn't use an existing character. The art style is different enough, but maybe something else could work? It doesn't really matter all that much what it looks like as long as it isn't copyrighted and is otherwise successful as a currency. 1. What specifically do you mean by "heavily modified?" Did you alter his drawing completely or just stick it inside the round coin frame? 2. Copyrights don't usually extend to physical appearances, since it's pretty rare that people make money off of those in such a blatantly plagiaristic way. You can't pretend like the art on the coin isn't a depiction of Rainbow Dash; that's exactly what it is and you know it. You can deny it, but blatant denial won't get you far in an actual court of law.
1) I changed it to the style of surreal painting 2) I used equalise 3) added a necklace 4) added a beauty mark 5) used rounding to fit within a coin Points I believe make it not Rainbow dash 1) the pointed nose, seen in only Brony fan artwork 2) the hair is longer than canon rainbowdash 3) rainbow dash doesn't have a beauty mark 4) the skin colour isn't canon, rainbow dash is a much lighter blue. Bad point and why I believe you think Rainbow dash. 1) the hair colour I've had suggestions on twitter to change the red to pink or to silver, so its the colour of money, I believe this could be an option... So I'm looking for suggestions with the hair colour?? and I'm open to any designs you guys can come up with.
And its worth noting I do plan to offer a large amount of coins to MLP Hasbro. + as I've mentioned I have my points why its different, and I don't think they'd win in court saying its Rainbow dash.. The Hair could be the only problem, so what you think Silver or Pink?
Okay guys this hair style is clearly something MLP hasn't done. Not finished but on the correct path???
Oh hey, it's a crappy looking Super Sayan Rainbow Dash. I'm sure this has never been done before </sarcasm> Can't you just make something like DeviantArt's llamas as a hassle-free way for bronies to give each other (monetary worthless) signs of affection instead of trying to advertise a type of currency no one except you is interested in (and is thus worthless, too)? Honestly, I don't know what your problem with the Doge meme is, but this is one of the most ridiculous reasons to do - well, anything, really - that I've ever read about.
Well I'm not really an Artist I admit, once the currency is created and we have some coins to hand out maybe we'll create a better logo. I think us Bronies are interested in our own online currency, and I don't think it will be worthless, the only reason $ or £ have worth is because people give it worth, when really its worthless paper that inflates and loses buying power. Bronycoin can never pass 50 billion coins, so it should become deflationary, dogecoin has already passed 100 billion and is still growing. I think in the long run it will be better for Bronies as a society, to have our own currency.
Unless you make further changes (or hey, use an original design!) then they would absolutely destroy you in court. You only tweaked it slightly in that picture. It still has the trademark mane, coat and eye colors of Rainbow Dash. It resembles her on a lot of levels and some slight changes don't alter that fact. Try making (or at least commissioning) something completely original. The funny thing about copyright law that you don't seem to understand is that a court doesn't have to necessarily prove that you used the exact same design for it to be copyright infringement, they would only have to prove that there's a reasonable resemblance. And since most people seem to think there's a reasonable resemblance... change it. Change most if not all of it. That's a very loose use of "society."
I suppose it's a step in the right direction, but I have two comments: 1. It still looks like Rainbow Dash, only her hair in the front has changed. 2. It's obvious that the extra hair was only layered over the previous image, since the original hair from the front is still visible.
Yes but the original image wasn't owned by Hasbro, and the new design is now owned by me, its like saying this image of Marge simpson is copyrighted My point been, at the moment it looks nothing like Rainbow dash, and even at the start it was debatable because of the fan art style... the only thing close to rainbow dash now is the eye colour and I'm not changing that lol
Okay, there are a few problems with that. 1. It doesn't matter that you think it looks nothing like Rainbow Dash when I can assure that not only do most other people disagree, so would a court. You slapped a couple minor changes on and that's it; it's still basically a picture of Rainbow Dash. 2. You've stated that you don't see this as a money-making venture, but the rest of the world will not see it that way and therefore it's different than just posting an image online. That image of Marge Simpson is copyrighted and if you tried to use it for a currency you would get sued. I've tried giving you friendly advice but if you're going to continue to ignore it then by all means, get your pants sued off. It's your life; I can't actually force you to spend your time and money wisely. Do as you see fit. There's no law against being belligerent in general; there are only specific consequences for it in specific situations.
I'm not saying the original image wasn't a fan made version of rainbow dash, but at the moment it looks nothing like Rainbow dash.. I've been taking your advice why do you think I've changed the logo, I appreciate your advice. and yes if you used something that looked like Marge simpson and called it Marge simpson, that would be a problem, but using the image I linked and not saying Marge simpson isn't a probem... other wise all the women in the world looking like Marge simpson would have a problem on their hands lol
By the way some of you talk.. If I owned a real Pony, I'd be afraid to dye its hair in rainbow colours Hasbro police lol
It does. It does, in fact, look like Rainbow Dash. Denial isn't really helpful in a court of law. It would be a huge problem if you used it in any economic situation, that's what I keep telling you. There are no such women. Even if there were, those women aren't currencies, are they? The more you post here, the more apparent it becomes that you don't understand economics or law.
So, you're saying you didn't take a fan-made work of art depicting Rainbow Dash, slap a few lazy graphics on it, and try to pass it off as something unique?
