Stealing, Good or Bad?

The main point of these to articles was to emphasize the fact that there are no original ideas, but improvements or reimagining of existing ones. The way the two authors separate good and bad stealing is very much the same, with each one discussing the finer points of stealing ideas, and the way to do it without plagiarizing. Good stealing is when you take the ideas from another author or artist and you adapt it, making it your own in your own style. This is a good way to steal and is the most common way to do it amongst athletes and authors alike. A bad way to do it would be to completely imitate a writing style or a piece of work, because this shows no innovation and is basically plagiarism. A sign to know that you have crossed the line is to get it reviewed by a peer, or simply look at it and think is this my own take on this style or work, or am I just imitating who I copied this from? The differences in the way that you can apply this technique can differ, for example it is much easier and harder to catch if someone is ripping off a style of writing than it is a design. If you use some of the same phrases or write about the same topic it can easily be written off as a mistake and be ignored. On the other hand, if you rip off a certain design style it is obvious, because it is easier to see and nitpick the plagiarism in an image. I personally feel that while stealing is more easily noticed in design than it is in writing that it is more well accepted in design. This is because there are so many designs and images in the world that people are bound to copy. Also is a multi-billion-dollar company going to prosecute some old woman who used the same style or font for her knitting page that they used for their corporate website? I think not.