Stealing Is a Skill
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Stealing Is a Skill
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#2Good artists copy, great artists steal?
Still hurts to be the one being stolen from though.
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#3Does this level of copying not imply a copyright infringement?
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#4Does this level of copying not imply a copyright infringement?
Even if not, it's really, really distasteful
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#5The Tim Ferris school of thought. Can’t say I agree with it.
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#6My favorite quote that expresses this idea is from Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the AK-47: “Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field.”
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#7I kind of agree in the sense that stealing a good idea and executing it well is a skill. Copying someones site "pixel by pixel" seems disrispectful though and I don't know what there's to be proud of.
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#8Stealing is a source of flattery. I've had logos I've designed outright copied. Jokes on them: They discovered they could not copyright the mark and had to rebrand (again).
Stealing is stealing unless you're really good at it.
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#9Good artists copy, great artists steal? Still hurts to be the one being stolen from though.
there are only limited number of patterns for ui,ux, CTA. It sucks to be stolen from, but we build on top of each other most of the time
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#10> However, it’s your job to go down the rabbit hole, learn the 100%, and sprinkle in your 3%.
I would say that there is a big difference between stealing without acknowledgement, and stealing with acknowledgement and actively learning through reverse engineering.