User blog:Clesta The Winged Wolf/Difference between Inspiration and Plagiarism

This needs to be said.

First of, let me give you the definitions are both of them.

Inspiration: "something that makes someone want to do something or that gives someone an idea about what to do or create : a force or influence that inspires someone


 * a person, place, experience, etc., that makes someone want to do or create something


 * a good idea"

For plagiarism: " act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author"

Second off, it's gonna be a problem here.

Stealing copyrighted ideas and claiming the design/character info as your own is copyright infringement. Inspiration only takes a little of those ideas. For Example, Damia's POWERS, were based on Danny Phantom. She wasn't completely copied from Danny Phantom himself.

Stealing entire concepts from other character and calling them "inspirations" isnt a good excuse, and it needs to stop.

~Clesta