Plagiarism in Art

I understand that something scientific can be easily ‘patented’ and protected from common use. But in music or other arts,how do you differentiate between plagiarism and ‘inspiration’?
I’ll digg more into this.
In case you are still wondering about this post,two of my favourite musicians Joe Satriani and Coldplay are in a legal case.Sach(J.S) is suing Coldplay for lifting his song “If I Could Fly” from his 2004 album “Is There Love In Space“.
The title track of Coldplay’s latest and fourth studio album “Viva La Vida” closely resembles to his song.
I am in a Catch -22 situation.A case of dual loyalty!

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