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Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 8 Dec 2000 22:35:54 GMT
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In lugnet.general, James Powell writes:
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> > But if I sit down to build something in my living room, Persons A-C can go
> > #$@! themselves. None of them get a say in what I build, or how I came upon
> > the idea of building it.
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> > eric
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> As long as you are not looking at a photo of my (for sale) work when you sit
> down to build it, I don't care. Go ahead and copy the ideas from my
> skyscraper, or my (very old) sketches of the RPO (you'd have to _dig_ to find a
> copy, but it is released). I _don't care_ if you copy them. Copy _ideas_ from
> my 'sets', if you want to. If you think my door arangement is neat, fine, copy
> it. But, if I see something that bears a _striking_ resemblance to the
> _entirety of my work_, I am going to rase a stink.
I can make a copy of your work, looking at your photo or not, but that's
about as far as it goes. I cannot sell a copy of your work. I cannot
obtain an illegally duplicated copy of your instructions on how to build
your work. I cannot publish my copy of your work. I could sell the exact
parts mix to duplicate your work, but not the instructions or image to help
build it.
The "ideas" (door arrangement for example) I don't believe are
copyrightable. Those would have to be patented, which is a rather large tin
of slithery things.
Or so my understanding of copyright goes (my wife deals with intellectual
property rights), consult your lawyer and bar the door. :-)
Bruce
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> If you think I don't _know_ that my work owes bits to others, then fine...I
> know that there are other trainheads who I have pinched ideas from. However,
> in the same vein, I know others have pinched ideas from me, and I am _not_
> worried about someone taking ideas from my models. I just want my IP to be
> respected _with regards to something I sell_. Is there something wrong with
> wanting the letter of the law to be obeyed?
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> James Powell, Bricksmith
> http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?p=JamesP
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| (...) As long as you are not looking at a photo of my (for sale) work when you sit down to build it, I don't care. Go ahead and copy the ideas from my skyscraper, or my (very old) sketches of the RPO (you'd have to _dig_ to find a copy, but it is (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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