> If it's a fact, can you please cite a couple of examples that have been greatly reinforced by this kind of use? Because that really sounds like a throwaway weasel-word line to me.
It is well understood in English circles that Shakespear, along with many authors, essentially plagiarized the stories of their plays and and twisted some parts to their own style but leaving the structure intact.
The entire genre of blues is based off slave songs from the American South, and the riffs and basic structure is the same for all the songs.
Rock came from the influence of blues, with a large portion of the most famous songs being straight out stolen from blues songs from the 20s and beggining of the 20th century.
It is well understood in English circles that Shakespear, along with many authors, essentially plagiarized the stories of their plays and and twisted some parts to their own style but leaving the structure intact.
The entire genre of blues is based off slave songs from the American South, and the riffs and basic structure is the same for all the songs.
Rock came from the influence of blues, with a large portion of the most famous songs being straight out stolen from blues songs from the 20s and beggining of the 20th century.