But you have to consider what intellectual property is being stolen. Claiming their style is being stolen requires they have a recognizable trademark style. Like if people were shown a new unsigned piece by them and they'd be able to identify the artist. Not many artists would pass that test.
The 4 in the upper right corner is surely the logo of the channel that aired it. Given that the texts are English and the kid's in a school uniform, I'd guess England, Australia, or New Zealand as the country of origin. I couldn't guess which channel, however.
The final lines of 'Twas The Night Before Solstice is appropriate here:
But with parting disdain, do you know what he said,
When this overweight huckster took off in his sled?
This reindeer enslaver, this exploiter of elves?
"Happy Christmas to all, but get over yourselves!!"
I recall reading an experiment done by economists. They offered people Hershey kisses for 1¢ or a Lindor truffle for 3¢. Recognizing it's a better deal, people preferred the Lindor truffles. Then they lowered their prices a penny. Suddenly, people preferred the Kisses. Turns out people prefer free, even if it's the lesser deal.
I think this might explain it.
True, but for some reason, English became associated with Anglo-Saxon. It's to the point that some people refer to white Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs). I've seen it used in histories of the late 19th century in America, differentiating to those with deeper American roots to recent European immigrants.
As I understand it, there are three types of intellectual property. Patents protect inventions and processes, so that's not relevant. Copyright protects particular works, so that's not it. That leaves trademark.
The origin of trademark was craftsmen using a symbol to mark their products. The legal protection came when less skilled artisans used another's trademark, tricking customers into buying an inferior product and hurting the superior craftman's reputation.
Trademark infringement would probably apply if you, for example, had AI create an original image of the Aladdin genie and sold a t-shirt with it. People recognize him as a Disney character and would likely assume it's a Disney product (though fair use may apply).
Regarding AI, the question is whether Disney can trademark a style. For example, say I train AI on Disney images, then ask for a princess. It provides a drawing of a princess that looks like a Disney artist could have drawn it, but isn't actually a Disney character. Could this be trademark infringement? I would say no, citing Anastasia as evidence.
Using a recipe that averages out the ingredients and cooking time of 10,000 cake recipes.