Thanks for the welcome, and the words of caution. I'm very aware of the creative rights of others, and always reference any borrowed info that I use in any of my posts, which are relatively few in number. Anything that is developed via my creative side, is done in ways that have little chance of intentioned plagiarism, other than by sheer coincidence.
But especially so, since noone really is 100% original, as we all adapt everything we do from having experienced, viewed or heard of anothers example, either by impression or perspective. So it is unavoidably, going to come out in our creations, having been influenced in part or in whole, by those things we've learned or developed appreciation for. But that's just being unnecessarily theoretical.
In reality, Plagiarism is theft and fraudulet deceit rolled into one: for the artist being plagiarized, for the art enthusiast being duped, and for the person committing the fraud, snice they'll always know in the recesses of their conscience that the expression wasn't theirs to being with, so they'll never be able to truly and authentically enjoy any praise received as a byproduct of their crime. Hollow joy through misplaced praise, at best.
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