The guy or girl that’s making these fake Illustrator prints, I believe, is not trying to trick the community by passing them off as legitimate. They are simply making a replica, which they fully admit to and advertise as such in their listings.
That being said,the creators intentions doesn’t stop people from doing shitty things. These cards can definitely be passed off as real to inexperienced collectors. The guy that made the video is a total dickhead that wants nothing more than to make a few bucks off of some other guys art project. The creator of these fakes wants to make money but it’s not his/her intention to sell them as legitimate cards. That’s where the problem sets in. Who do we blame?
Their intentions are are purely business with an unintended side effect of attracting scumbags that want to pass of their cards as legitimate.
Just my two cents. It’s a very mixed issue. I don’t think the creator of these fakes is a bad guy, but this whole thing is definitely leaving a bad taste in collector’s mouths.
It really isn’t mixed at all. Copyrght/trademark infringement. Profiting off of someone else’s work and intellectual property x2. Pokemon company and the actual illustrator of the card.
