Depending on how "thinly veiled" it could be judged an infringement of both a copyright and trademark.
Singing a song in private for personal enjoyment is not considered copyright infringement. However, performing a song in public or recording and distributing it without permission from the copyright holder may be considered infringement.
Copyright infringement can occur even if you do not sell the product. Simply using or distributing copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder can still be considered infringement.
Copyright infringement is primarily governed by civil law, but in some cases, it can also be considered a criminal offense.
Without a license, yes.
Nothing about it is "legal." Copyright infringement is illegal.
If someone is no stranger to allegations of copyright infringement, it means he gets accused of copyright infringement a lot.
If it is recognizable as a copyright or trademark-protected character, you would need permission from the owner.
Yes. Editing an existing image (no matter how much/little) does not void the original creators copyright and without permission is still considered infringement.
Copying, altering, distributing, or performing/displaying the file without permission from the copyright holder or an exemption in the law would be considered infringement.
No because characters are not eligible for copyright protection. Only the artistic expression of those characters can be copyrighted.However most characters are registered as trademarks and representing yourself as a trademarked character, without permission, could be considered infringement.
It is possible that Charter has sent you a notice of copyright infringement.
I have not received a Spectrum copyright infringement notice.