It’s absolutely insane this is “allowed” under regular copyright, and now going into mass-consumer commercial products. Given the state of courts, I don’t have any hopes this will be reversed.
They are certainly striking under-the-table deals with big IP holders like Disney to not poke the bears, but leave all smaller actors defenseless (or rather penniless, more so than they already are).
They are certainly striking under-the-table deals with big IP holders like Disney to not poke the bears, but leave all smaller actors defenseless (or rather penniless, more so than they already are).