Why it may fail the fair-use test 1. Purpose and character …

Why it may fail the fair-use test
1. Purpose and character of the use
• You are copying the entire expressive content (characters, composition, color choices, etc.) and merely re-rendering it at higher fidelity. Courts tend to see that as stylistic, not transformative.
• After the 2023 Supreme Court decision in Andy Warhol Found. v. Goldsmith, simply changing the style or medium (e.g., cartoon → photo) often is not enough to count as transformative.