My daughter wants to sell t-shirts online featuring fan art of her favorite anime characters, and I need to know where the legal line is between fair use and copyright infringement.
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
My daughter wants to sell t-shirts online featuring fan art of her favorite anime characters, and I need to know where the legal line is between fair use and copyright infringement.
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
U.S. Copyright Office fair use derivative works character fan art commercial merchandise copyright official guidanceGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
U.S. Copyright Office copyright basics derivative works permission fair use commercial useGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
U.S. Supreme Court Andy Warhol Foundation v Goldsmith commercial licensing fair use 2023 official opinionGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
U.S. Copyright Office fair use derivative works character fan art commercial merchandise copyright official guidance Google ↗
U.S. Copyright Office copyright basics derivative works permission fair use commercial use Google ↗
U.S. Supreme Court Andy Warhol Foundation v Goldsmith commercial licensing fair use 2023 official opinion Google ↗
- U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index · copyright.gov
- 17 U.S.C. § 107: Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use · uscode.house.gov
- 21-869 Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith (05/18/2023) · supremecourt.gov
- ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR VISUAL ARTS, INC. v. GOLDSMITH | Supreme Court | US Law · law.cornell.edu
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office trademark search · uspto.gov
- U.S. Copyright Office – Fair Use Index · copyright.gov
- Copyright Office – Fair Use FAQ · copyright.gov
- 17 U.S.C. §107 · law.cornell.edu
- USPTO – Trademark Information · uspto.gov
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U.S. Copyright Office fair use derivative works character fan art commercial merchandise copyright official guidance OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
U.S. Copyright Office copyright basics derivative works permission fair use commercial use OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
U.S. Supreme Court Andy Warhol Foundation v Goldsmith commercial licensing fair use 2023 official opinion OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |