Copyright is more important than people like to think it is. I know personally sometimes when doing art projects I couldn’t take a certain image and do with it what i would like to since it had a copyright on it. Copyright gives the original creator the credit they deserve. They worked and spent a lot of time of their pieces and would not like anyone to be able to come in and change it any way they want to. It allows people to also view the work in the original format without any alterations from anyone. People cannot borrow their work, they cannot change and edit there work. What may be really important in the piece the original owner made may not be so important in the other person’s eyes, they could take out that part and totally disrupt the meaning, look, sound, ect.
Yes we all need a start sometimes when creating a piece of art but that image and do your style to it and make it something you yourself can copyright and not have anyone take it. Even if it is frustrating not being able to use a piece you’ll be happy in the long run with having a copyright out there so other cannot take it.
