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Re: New Pictures of my 375 Castle !
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 17 Sep 2003 13:29:52 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Thomas Main wrote:
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3145695040
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Gee, that seems quite wrong -- selling TLC copyrighted stuff for profit? I can
see the guy making back his costs in materials or something, but I bet at
approx. $10 a sheet he’s doing more than that. I’d feel differently if he were
selling his own designs. If these are TLC’s stickers he’s knocked off -- that’s
pretty much like selling CD’s of the brickshelf scans database.
What he should have done instead is make a PDF print out available for free to
other adult bricks enthusiasts -- thereby giving back to the community. Those
are not his designs from which to profit.
There’s a big difference between sharing something with other hobbyists for the
joy of the hobby and pirating/profiting from the property of another. Actually
making money from TLC’s property is pretty much the limit.
BTW, y’all may recall that before tudor walls came back into production I made
some “poor man” PDF stickers available myself of the tudor style wall elements
-- while paying homage to the original TLC design, the stickers were actually
something that had never existed before and thereby didn’t truly infringe on
TLC’s copyrighted designs. Also, I drew them from scratch myself (of course,
there being no original I could merely copy) and provided access to the stickers
for free to other hobbyists. I feel I can opine on this sticker issue from a
high moral position.
Finally, I have good quality scans of these #375/6075 stickers if anyone wants
them. Free. I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the colors in the scan -- I didn’t
scan the sheet myself, and it’s darkened a bit with age. See (warning - BIG
file): http://www.ozbricks.com/blaktron/misc/6075.jpg
Suggestions on how to correct the colors would be great. If someone could
download the image, correct it, and then send the image back to me with details
of what was done to correct the colors, I could re-upload the corrected version
and fill in the blank shield areas as well. Alternatively, if someone could
send me a hi-res scan with more accurate colors we wouldn’t have to bother
correcting the scan I just uploaded. In the main, I think the black may be
nearer to grey than to black; the burgundy more magenta. We could try for a
close to 100% accurate, full-sized document of the original sticker sheet --
free for castle-heads.
Let’s not forget that TLC may yet be re-releasing the yellow castle set
themselves. What this person is doing on eBay -- for profit -- is bad juju.
-- Hop-Frog
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| (...) Well, I think he is selling a value-added product that is worth the price he is charging. He is also offering something that TLC hasn't produced for twenty years and it sounds like he reverse-designed the patterns rather than merely copied (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Kai, Nice job restoring this classic LEGO set. Have you seen the reproduction stickers sold on eBay? I don't know the guy, but from the pictures and descriptions, it seems these might be worth a try: (URL) Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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