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No, he is correct and you are wrong. "Original", as used here, is a term of art that means "not infringing anyone's copyright". Like it or not, "look and feel" has not been established to be copyrightable. Just ask Apple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Micros...


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