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Is copying a product design (without branding) the same as stealing?

For

It takes other people’s creativity and effort.

Against

It increases competition and lowers prices.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Selling someone else's copied work as your own approaches plagiarism.
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  • Passing off someone else's copied work as your own is theft and never acceptable.
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Against

  • Copying is useful when you learn from it and absorb the original creator's technique.
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  • Competition benefits society by driving more innovation among businesses.
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