"This is not a grey area folks. These lights are code, and code is protected. Just ask Bill Gates. The similarities have been documented and in all likelihood the difference is less than one percent. If I republish someone else's book with a few instances of changed grammar, I'm liable for legal action and I'll loose."

Actually, not all code can be protected. These lights are settings, they represent the position of objects in space. Depending on the ruling of an individual judge hearing the case you may or may not be able to protect them... it would depend on whether that judge felt that they were obvious and common implementations fo common concepts or not.

There is a REASON why IP law is a huge business, because there ARE grey areas like this - ad quoting a few paragraphs doesn't change that.

Me, I am  more interested in the sheer number of people who seem to be part of this 'conspiracy'. It seems to me that anyone who disagrees with some folks is part of it - and every past slight and attack is dredged up about 3 times a week or so in some thread someplace.

Did the light set get copied? I have no idea - the similarities certainly look like it, but then I don't know if that is because it is the most obvious arrangement of those lights. If the file was directly copied and distributed would I consider it a violation? Sure thing.

Am I a little tired of the paranoia? You bet.