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Is this how you do fan projects involving money? How do they get away with this?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ dragon-ball-z-light-of-hope-episodes-2-3

Is their method a loophole to avoiding copyright sues.
I really wish they'd stop ruining my childhood with these attempts at live action DB.
Is their method a loophole to avoiding copyright sues.

They aren't using any copyrighted material. Copyright only applies to works. They are infringing a trademark, though.
So things like Dragon Universe are in the clear since they don't use character names and since the work itself is original? I looked and all I saw as trademarks where character names and I assume likeness, to both sell digitally and as cups and things