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Acutally, DS9 being a rip of B5 isn't true and isn't provable. Both shows did develop at the same time, along with many other space-station based sci-fi shows. Those two developed, many others failed.

Also, the script controllers at Paramount don't keep stuff like story pitches. I've seen incidents where a writer will pitch them 4 stories, they'll say keep that one for later and make it more detailed and come back, then trash it a month later. They trashed it because they don't remember it. These people see and hear millions of script pitches a day.

Plus B5 was pitched to the day time soap people at paramount, whom promptly canned it.