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Well... yes? Fan fiction is not allowed to be published commercially and creators have successfully filed copyright takedowns to remove fan fiction, although most creators choose not to because it's free advertising. But AI art models are being used commercially (charging for usage, AI-generated art can be used in products) despite being trained on art they don't have the rights to.
I see you didn't take issue with the first part of my argument and only chose the easier, kinda jokey part