> who owns the copyright to my creation? It is better to think about whose rights would be infringed if your edited version were published. If you were to publ

> who owns the copyright to my creation? It is better to think about whose rights would be infringed if your edited version were published. If you were to publish your edited version, then you would infringe the original author's rights in the original. However, if the original author were to publish your edited version, then he would infringe your rights in your edits. > if the language stated "similar to" and the resultant product was distinguishable in some way, I think it wouldn't infringe. The question of infringement isn't whether the alleged copy is distinguishable from the original, it is whether the copy contains elements that are "substantially similar" to copyrighted elements of the original. (Note: "Substantial similarity" is a specific legal term of art in copyright law.)