Is it considered infringement to use official pictures to illustrate characters in fan games (not for profit)?

Hello! If it is only used for personal appreciation and not for profit, it is a fair use of copyright and does not constitute infringement.

Article 22 of the Copyright Law: Under the following circumstances, works may be used without the permission of the copyright owner and without payment of remuneration, but the name of the author and the title of the work must be specified, and the copyright owner shall not be infringed. Other rights enjoyed in accordance with this law:

(1) To use other people’s published works for personal study, research or appreciation;

(2) To introduce or comment on a certain work Or explain a certain issue, and appropriately quote other people’s published works in the work;

(3) In order to report current affairs news, inevitably reproduce or quote it in newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations and other media Published works;

(4) Newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, TV stations and other media publish or broadcast works on political, economic and religious issues that have been published by other newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, TV stations and other media Current affairs articles, except where the author declares that they are not allowed to be published or broadcast;

(5) Newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations and other media publish or broadcast speeches delivered at public gatherings, but the author declares that they are not allowed to be published , except for broadcasting;

(6) For school classroom teaching or scientific research, translate or copy a small amount of published works for use by teaching or scientific researchers, but shall not be published or distributed;

(7) State agencies use published works within a reasonable scope for the purpose of performing official duties;

(8) Libraries, archives, memorial halls, museums, art galleries, etc. need to display or preserve versions, Copying works collected by the museum;

(9) Performing published works for free, without charging the public or paying the performers;

(10) Copying, painting, photographing, and videotaping works of art installed or displayed in outdoor public places;

(11) Copying works in Chinese that have been published by Chinese citizens, legal persons, or other organizations Translate the works into minority languages ??and publish them domestically;

(12) Change the published works into Braille for publication.

The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply to restrictions on the rights of publishers, performers, audio and video producers, radio stations, and television stations.

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