Copying someone house decoration?

[Solowing]

As long as they give credit to where they got the idea from sure you can use it. But don't take it and try to pawn it off as your own idea that'll annoy me

[Ryaz]

I'm fine with people stealing my ideas as I don't mind stealing others. If I see something I like, I'll use it and I expect others should able to do the same. It's actually flattering when someone does that. I won't claim I created it if I didn't, of course, but it's not like its some copyrighted thing.

[Celestene]

Keep your house private if this is a problem for you. I think this is a tad silly and petty.

[Harmonea]

The only time I had a problem with design copying was when someone submitted their copy to housingsnap with zero credit to us (the designers from whom they copied). Personal use is whatever, but on a site where the whole idea is to share your designs, credit becomes more important IMO. Those people I cut contact with. But generally, anyone else taking inspiration from us feels good, like we did our job so well that it sparked something in others.

[Nanami_Naniwa]

First of all - it is hard to give proper credit. If I'm seeing a bathroom that I like and I re-create it, I can't really "tag" the "original" creator.

Also - with the items we have it is pretty hard to come up with a real original build. And especially housing beginners tend to copy things they like and before they start to create something themselfs. The "Copyright" itself is with SE anyways - no matter what kind of build you are coming up with.

However, if they copy 1:1 from you and then sell it as their own on websites like Twitter or Housingsnap without crediting you - yeah, then I would be pissed. But just for their personal use - honestly, that would flatter me instead of making me mad

[Elamys]

If someone copied my idea down to every last detail I think I'd be annoyed, even if they credited me. But almost every decorator I know takes ideas from others and puts their own spin on it. I remember on Balmung my neighbor copied my basement layout. It was surprising, but I was flattered that they liked it so much to copy it.

[Blokeymon]

>2019

>giving a damn about what other people think

That'll be a "yikes" from me.