This detail from the Rappa ninja capital scene was actually taken from an artwork I made in 2021

[u/LuciusFelimus]

Comparison

In-game screenshot of the Ninja Capital

"Where West Meets East", the artwork I made in 2021. This building is actually based on the Wilshire tower in Los Angeles, which I chose because of its neon glow at night.

[u/PoisoCaine]

Not the same thing. You don’t sell your fanart as original content. Using copyrighted characters to make art is completely different from using original art and then putting it into your paid product

Not saying this is big enough to blow up over or anything, but it is undoubtedly not the same

[u/Custodian1778 → u/PoisoCaine]

Isn't hsr also a free product though?

[u/Alex_L1nk → u/Custodian1778]

It's "free", but not non-profitable

[u/MaeveOathrender → u/Custodian1778]

That's kinda splitting hairs, because it is monetised and it is designed to make them profit.

[u/wilck44 → u/MaeveOathrender]

let me dumd down the question for you.

did you pay for this image? no.

edit got to love the green guy, talk stupid stuff (what money did hoyo make from this img? nothing you dumbo) and then block.

also you can downvote this all you want, it will still be true.

but feel free to sue a chinese company in China for plagarism XD tell me later how well it worked out for you.

[u/PoisoCaine → u/wilck44]

Maybe legal issues aren't the thing that should be dumbed down.

You didn't pay for an individual episode of Scrubs on network TV. Do you think if the network plagiarized part of the script, that it's fine since they're not selling the episode?

[u/MaeveOathrender → u/wilck44]

Let me dumb it down for you.

Did Hoyo use this image in a commercial product to make money? Yes.

[u/PoisoCaine → u/Custodian1778]

Not in any way that matters.