>>3975095First of all my point wasn't about stealing engineering shit, it was simply about having a degree, it could've been a medical degree or something, the point was that if you steal you're just a thief and your qualifications don't matter.
Second, if you steal Adobe Photoshop's code and publish it as Adobe Photoshop Free Version, they will sue you. Your example doesn't make sense. When you draw fanart you are using EXACTLY that character, you're not making something new that is derivative.