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If I create a work (for example, stories or scenarios) that I know is similar but not identical to another persons work, does that violate copyright law?

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If I create a work (for example, stories or scenarios) that I know is similar but not identical to another persons work, does that violate copyright law?

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Yes. If you borrowed a substantial part of a work without permission from the owner to create your new work, it is a “derivative” work, and is an infringement. If you borrowed ideas but not of the expression of ideas, then the work you created is not a “derivative” work, and not an infringement.