If a person uses two of an application's five services to create a new application, is that considered a violation of intellectual property rights?
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Merely taking an idea and benefiting from it is not considered an infringement of intellectual property rights, as one benefits from what they learn, and their experience and ideas automatically increase. Then, they proceed with their own programming and design. However, taking services with their associated design and programming is considered an infringement of intellectual property rights.
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