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Re: Concerns regarding Brick-o-Lizer™ User Agreement (was: Re: New stuff at shop.lego.com)
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lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct
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Date:
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Wed, 8 Nov 2000 17:21:38 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman wrote:
> My concern is that LEGO might try to argue that the final brick configuration
> from the dithering algorithm was part of the "new material" added by LEGO in
> connection with preparing the final product.
Hmm. I think it could be argued that the mosaic pattern is a reproduction
of the original material, and so doesn't merit a new copyright. Just like
reproducing a color picture in gray-scale halftone. Especially since the
reproduction is a mechanical process, and TLC has no manual/artistic effort
in it. 'It' being converting any one image into a mosaic.
> Could you then create your own LDraw version of the mosaic and not be in
> violation of the BoL UA?
Dunno. Would that be a derivative work, or just plagiarism?
> > Not elements of your picture, because you have copyright to the
> > picture.
>
> In other words, you read it as saying they're not claiming a derivative
> copyright but rather a copyright on the _difference_ between the final
> and the original? Or not even that, but just a copyright on the portion
> they give you which allows you to physically build the mosaic?
I think it's more they're claiming copyright on whatever they can, even
though they haven't clearly defined what that is.
But I think the intention is to copyright the non-mosaic-pattern aspects.
The border, the way the overall construction is designed, and the
instructions. Not to mention the IP rights on the designs of the building
bricks/plates/elements.
Steve
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