Interesting points and very much agree! It is a tricky one, I came across this a while ago which sheds some light on the subject
http://www.cakeboss.com/Cake-Stuff/Articles/Copyrighted-Cakes
I think you would be very unlucky to be fined for making it for a school fair!
On a different note I did hear the other day that Nintendo have allowed all of their characters to be used for artistic use so that’s one less thing to worry about if you ever get asked for a Mario cake!
Jen x
