Advice - Selling prints of Commissioned pieces

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I've recently heard of an artist who is selling prints that contains other people's characters. The art and style is her own, and the art with characters are either gifts or commissions. The prints for sale include the original piece uploaded to art sites, without any recoloring or hiding others' characters. Should people buy these prints, it's basically making money off of others' designs, right?

It's not okay, right? Is it legal? Rude? Or just frowned upon?

How should someone handle this kind of situation if the artist in question is a friend?

Any advice, A_B?

Edit: Thanks everyone for your very useful replies! :)

Comments

[oceandezignz.livejournal.com]

To verify, was the person you were replying you bayru?

[taasla.livejournal.com]

Yes'm.

[oceandezignz.livejournal.com]

Thank you~

[bayru.livejournal.com]

is it that stinking bad? Do you want me to put up the dang comment to make things okay?

[taasla.livejournal.com]

It clearly says in the A_B rules not to delete comments.

[bayru.livejournal.com]

I know that now. I hadn't read that part of Artist Beware, so it was purely an accident, nothing more than that