Quote Originally Posted by black orb View Post
>>> I guess all the millions of fanarts, fanfics, doujin, etc out there would be copyright infringment too. But no company seems to make a big deal of it.
It seems the connection between copyright and fair use would involves a transformation of the original work. Technically, rerendering a scene from 2D to 3D (whether that work is a game, a movie, or a picture) is still a form of beligerent cloning. I think that if you use the source material to present new ideas (like if Crono had gone super seiyan and that was the only scene we were shown) it wouldn't be looked upon as infringement. For example, my largest projects (EYeS and EC) combine plot and relationships from BLEACH, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Terminator, KND, Xenosaga, Grimm tales, all while transforming the characters' identities (design, backstory) and presenting a new environment thus not being a direct recreation of any aspect of the original works.