[NEFARIOUS]

Then there's something I call "diminishing originality"... Where after exhausting every single option, there's hardly anything that can truly be called "original" without sticking too far out of the crowd. Could be car design or even music. To the untrained, they can take it at face value, but then with a skilled eye you can see design cues and influences, even if it's unintentionally so. You'd think you'd hear a totally original new rock song, but then even the artist himself will say that "this song is largely influenced by ____" on a TV interview, and many more examples. At least that's the way I see it, maybe there might be genuine plagiarism, who knows?