There are two problems with this (very common) line of argument. First, the law is pretty clear that yes if your story is too similar to another work, they hav

There are two problems with this (very common) line of argument. First, the law is pretty clear that yes if your story is too similar to another work, they have rights. Second, it's not at all obvious we can or should generalize from "what a human can do" and "what a bunch of computers can do" in areas like this.