Originally Posted by Robbie

It sure does count as creativity my friend.
To quote XXXJay: "I didn't invent guitar based rock...but I perfected it."

Every renowned artist throughout history whether it was music, art, architecture, etc., has borrowed an idea or concept and then furthered it and added their own style. If you weren't so busy pretending to be Matlock you might have studied some of the Humanities in college.