Not another Fantasy Pin thread! (COUNTERFEIT ARIEL DESIGNER)
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The photo of 3 has the "counterfeit", the single photo has the real pin.
The "fan-made" pin is certainly incredibly similar to the real one (they are OBVIOUSLY using the real artwork to make the fake pin), and sadly I think I like the fake one more than the real one.
I do wonder, though, is it a counterfeit pin if they aren't trying to pass it off as the real one? It seems like they made it different on purpose, so in my mind I would call this a "fake" or "fantasy" or "fan-made" pin, but I'm not sure I'd classify it as "counterfeit".
I know, it's all semantics, but I don't see this as any more egregious than taking a stock photo from a movie and turning it into a pin. Either way, you've taken artwork made by someone else at Disney and using it for your own purposes.
The "fan-made" pin is certainly incredibly similar to the real one (they are OBVIOUSLY using the real artwork to make the fake pin), and sadly I think I like the fake one more than the real one.
I do wonder, though, is it a counterfeit pin if they aren't trying to pass it off as the real one? It seems like they made it different on purpose, so in my mind I would call this a "fake" or "fantasy" or "fan-made" pin, but I'm not sure I'd classify it as "counterfeit".
I know, it's all semantics, but I don't see this as any more egregious than taking a stock photo from a movie and turning it into a pin. Either way, you've taken artwork made by someone else at Disney and using it for your own purposes.