“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” How does a great artist steal and “get away with it?”
You steal, as an artist, by reaping the general idea or framework of the art, music, writing, video, etc… but by adding great transformative difference and value to the piece on which you’re working.
If you seek to add value (and actually add value) as any kind of artist, you are transforming all of the artwork you copy, steal, rip off, re-use, etc… because, while the structure of the original artwork is still there, the soul of the work has been transformed by you, the new artist.
Don’t copy artwork, steal artwork.