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Re: Stolen picture in Lego Theme Gallery?
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Date: 
Wed, 26 Jul 2000 17:17:21 GMT
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Can an assembly of LEGO bricks (ie a model) be copyrighted?  Or is it the
photo of the model that can be copyrighted?

In lugnet.general, John VanZwieten writes:

This provides a pretty clear case that they didn't even apply "due
dillegence" to avoid copyright infringement.  I think they should have to
send $10 LSAH coupons to anyone whose copyrights are violated by their
contest.

-John Van



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  Re: Stolen picture in Lego Theme Gallery?
 
(...) Exactly. You cannot (as far as I know) copyright an assembly of Lego, but a photograph that you took can be considered yours by law. example: Ansel Addams took many photographs of nature/landscapes in the black and white poster format. Those (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Stolen picture in Lego Theme Gallery?
 
(...) <snip> IMHO, either way it is terrible that a parent will totally ignore recommended ages and let a newborn play with Lego System elements.:-) Maybe we are blowing this way out of proportion. Perhaps YinYinYin is short for Scott and Scott (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Stolen picture in Lego Theme Gallery?
 
"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:FyBBnn.IMr@lugnet.com... (...) think (...) voting? (...) This provides a pretty clear case that they didn't even apply "due dillegence" to avoid copyright infringement. I think they should (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)

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