Nobody likes a copycat especially since you can't get a way with it anymore

In this day and age is it really possible to be a copycat and get away with it? Like I'm copying the idea for this this post from this agencyspy article but at least I gave them credit! See smart use of plagiarizing.

There is no shame as using another idea as inspiration or even as a template but I think this goes past that line. Thoughts?

BTW both are beautiful pieces of work (gotta give credit where credit is due).