▁defend ants ▁had ▁copied ▁the ▁image ▁when ▁they ▁created ▁the ▁movie ▁poster . ▁To ▁determine ▁whether ▁the ▁defend ants ▁had ▁copied ▁the ▁image , ▁the ▁court ▁turned ▁to ▁circumst ant ial ▁evidence ▁of ▁access ▁and ▁substantial ▁similar ities ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁works . ▁The ▁court ▁found ▁am ple ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁defend ants ' ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁copy right ed ▁work ; ▁indeed , ▁the ▁defend ants ▁admitted ▁at ▁trial ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁used ▁Stein berg ’ s ▁poster ▁as ▁insp iration ▁for ▁their ▁own . ▁As ▁to ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁" subst ant ial ▁similarity " ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁works , ▁the ▁court ▁asked ▁" wh ether ▁an ▁average ▁lay ▁observer ▁would ▁recognize ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁copy ▁as ▁having ▁been ▁appropri ated ▁from ▁the ▁copy right ed ▁work ." ▁ ▁Although ▁it ▁acknowled ged ▁that ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁drawing ▁a ▁world ▁map ▁" from ▁an ▁eg oc entr ically ▁my op ic ▁perspective " ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁copy right ed , ▁the ▁court ▁never theless ▁held ▁that ▁the ▁defend ants ▁had ▁gone ▁far ▁beyond ▁copying ▁merely ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁the ▁Stein berg ▁poster ▁and ▁had ▁in ▁fact ▁copied ▁its ▁expression . ▁As ▁examples , ▁the ▁court ▁c ited ▁the ▁angle , ▁layout , ▁and ▁details ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁city ▁blocks ▁dep icted ; ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁color ▁on ▁the ▁horizon ▁and ▁sky ; ▁the ▁distinct ive ▁letter ing ▁used ▁in ▁both ▁for ▁place ▁names ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁title ▁at ▁the ▁top ; ▁and ▁the ▁overall ▁sty list ic ▁impression ▁of ▁the