In the electronic world intellectual property is everywhere. Someone posts a picture or image somewhere online, another person accesses it and uses it for whatever purpose they have. When you post an image whether it be a drawing, painting, photograph etc, it is now sent into the electronic world open for grabs. In some instances the property wasn't intended for anyone to take. They are just sharing their property for everyone to view without the idea that it can be taken. However, by placing the property onto the internet without protecting it, typically leads to it being taken.
I get most of my images like pictures and such from the internet. I also take my own photo's and place them into my designs. I'd never put my own images or designs online because I don't want other to take my property.
Some designers draw inspiration from other designers. They might of found these designers artworks online or perhaps printed in a magazine. These designers reference others in order to create new, or build off an idea that already exists. I don't see anything wrong in that aspect, but when someone takes an original design or thought and uses it as their own, then that's when it becomes a problem. If I create a design and another person comes along and takes it, without permission, and uses it for whatever purpose, that's when I consider it being a plagerism.
It really comes down to money. When someone else makes money off of work that they didn't put in, that is when the matter becomes an issue. Mo' Money Mo' Problems.
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