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Are you sure that's a good idea? You might inadvertently implement someone elses's API that way.

• dragonwriter 11y ago
  Inadvertent similarity is only an issue with patents, not copyrights.
  • justinlardinois 11y ago
    That's not true. Inadvertent similarity can still be copyright infringement. Sam Smith's "Stay with Me" is a good recent example.
    • dragonwriter 11y ago
      > Inadvertent similarity can still be copyright infringement. No, it can't. Copyright violation requires an actual copy or derivative work, not independent works that have coincidental similarity. > Sam Smith's "Stay with Me" is a good recent example. Its an example of something where one party claimed copyright infringement, the other party claimed inadvertent similarity, and the facts were never resolved because the two parties reached an undisclosed settlement. It is not an example of something both actually being copyright infringement while also actually being inadvertent similarity.