> It's clearly directly influenced by the original, but if someone else wants to create something similar that's just art. It's what all artists do and always h

> It's clearly directly influenced by the original, but if someone else wants to create something similar that's just art. It's what all artists do and always have done. Copyrights can on some occasions preclude someone from independently creating a very similar work. In the UK, a photographer was found to have infringed the copyrights of another photographer, by creating very similar works. [0][1] I don't know if this has ever happened in US law. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Island_Collections_Ltd_v_New_English_Teas_Ltd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Island_Collections_Ltd_... [1] https://www.copyrightuser.org/educate/the-game-is-on/episode-1-case-file-1/ https://www.copyrightuser.org/educate/the-game-is-on/episode...