This is an amazing platform to learn earn and a real battleground to share your knowledge or your writings with the world. This story has given us a good message. "BE ORIGINAL"
Be a brand that every one wants to follow, write your original content, don't copy others works. Doing so will not give you anything but snitch your hard earned reputation.
that's true! you can even reuse other's Ideas, but you should use it to inspire you to do your own stuff, or you can openly talk about others Ideas but link then as the author of it, just copy and past is one of the worst thing you can do to your reputation here.
Steem on !