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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9079928" data-attributes="member: 23751">If it's style that's being copied, I don't see a problem.&nbsp; Artistic style is copied by real artists all the time.&nbsp; Once upon a time there was no jazz music, then someone came up with it and it did well, so others started copying the style.&nbsp; Same with heavy metal.&nbsp; Impressionism.&nbsp; And more. More specifically you can listen to a specific musician and hear what older musician the new one gets much/most of his/her style from.Copyright doesn't protect style.If it was copying/blending specific recognizable images, that's different.&nbsp; Of course if you substantially change something you can possibly avoid copyright there as well, but I certainly wouldn't want to take that risk.It's not theft. It's conversion. Conversion is the civil tort version of theft. They look very similar, but one is criminal and one is not. The difference is that the converter has taken legal possession of the property first. So if we agree that I will take the $100 and buy you soda with it, but then I change my mind and buy me ice cream, that's conversion and not theft.&nbsp; You handed me the $100 and I took legal possession of it.My mother once took diamond earrings to a store for repair.&nbsp; The store owner went out of business(but did not declare bankruptcy) before repair was done. He did not return her earrings and instead used them to pay off creditors.&nbsp; She had to sue him for conversion, not theft.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9079928, member: 23751"] If it's style that's being copied, I don't see a problem. Artistic style is copied by real artists all the time. Once upon a time there was no jazz music, then someone came up with it and it did well, so others started copying the style. Same with heavy metal. Impressionism. And more. More specifically you can listen to a specific musician and hear what older musician the new one gets much/most of his/her style from. Copyright doesn't protect style. If it was copying/blending specific recognizable images, that's different. Of course if you substantially change something you can possibly avoid copyright there as well, but I certainly wouldn't want to take that risk. It's not theft. It's conversion. Conversion is the civil tort version of theft. They look very similar, but one is criminal and one is not. The difference is that the converter has taken legal possession of the property first. So if we agree that I will take the $100 and buy you soda with it, but then I change my mind and buy me ice cream, that's conversion and not theft. You handed me the $100 and I took legal possession of it. My mother once took diamond earrings to a store for repair. The store owner went out of business(but did not declare bankruptcy) before repair was done. He did not return her earrings and instead used them to pay off creditors. She had to sue him for conversion, not theft. [/QUOTE]

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