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Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 7 Dec 2000 15:07:13 GMT
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Lorbaat wrote:
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> In lugnet.general, James Powell writes:
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> > But, if I see something that bears a _striking_ resemblance to the
> > _entirety of my work_, I am going to rase a stink.
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> As I said before, good luck with that. I don't think you really can
> "copyright" an arrangement of someone else's patented materials. Let's keep
> that in mind here, folks: we are *not* talking about music. Music is a
> naturally occuring thing. LEGO doesn't spontaneously develop when you tune a
> guitar correctly.
Eh? Copyright does equal patent; they're two separate animals. Go take
a picture with a camera. Is that photo Kodak's (or Fuji's in my case) now?
Or Nikon's? Both the camera and the film are patented...
Same with painting a picture. Betcha the paints have a patent.
> I say again, if I see something I like, I'll build it. If that means I see
> something I like on the Guild of Bricksmiths site, and realise I have the
> pieces to build it myself, I'll do so. I probably won't post pictures of it to
> Lugnet (which is something I only do when I put something together I feel is
> particularly cool), but I'll build it and play with it to my heart's content.
This probably falls within the realm of fair use. Copyright law comes into
play when the copyright law holder can claim lost income. So if you build
your own, great. But don't start selling them on Ebay... Did you know that
if the copyright holder claims $2500 or more in lost income it can be tried
as a felony?
Chris
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| (...) As I said before, good luck with that. I don't think you really can "copyright" an arrangement of someone else's patented materials. Let's keep that in mind here, folks: we are *not* talking about music. Music is a naturally occuring thing. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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