Q: Is transforming assets from Star Wars and turning them into usable public avatars for VR copyright infringement?
A gentleman I met over the internet offered to teach me 3D modeling. After a long lesson, he informed me he had obtained Star Wars assets from a mobile video game; he offered a partnership where we would transform the assets into usable avatars for VR. These avatars would be released into the public for free, the only funding we will receive is from patreon. I'm wondering if this is legal? Not sure if this is important, but the gentleman I met is also from Spain.
A:
Most likely not.
Unless he has a license to use them, very likely it is not ok to do it.
It is possible that he is thinking of fan fiction but that is a very gray area that could go either way.
Too risky.
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