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Re: Scans are back!
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Date: 
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:06:29 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, Horst Lehner wrote:
I certainly appreciate the enormous amount of work that you and others
put into brickshelf over the years, and the value this has created for
the LEGO community. This is why I found it very disturbing to see the
LEGO(r) instruction and catalog archive go offline a few weeks ago. I
certainly didn't understand the reason for it, because the press
release didn't say that the LEGO Group has intervened in any way.
Also, it was no entirely clear from it, what the reasons for
transforming brickshelf into a company were, and why this made it
necessary to take the archive off the net. Maybe that has been
discussed here but then, I am just subscribing to this group as I
write this ...

Personally, I think Kevin did the right thing. And he gets extra points
from doing it on his own. Why do you think that he should have waited
for LEGO to complain? The fact that he probably _could_ get away with it
doesn't mean he _should_ try... As for the need for Brickshelf to go
commercial, I think we all knew the day would come where Kevin employer
would refuse to front the HUGE bill for all the traffic. It was only a
matter of time.

Dan



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  Re: Scans are back!
 
(...) I agree, and further, the people here jiggling his elbow (including, regrettably, me) while he was engaged in what had to be delicate negotiations probably weren't helping matters with their thoughts, analysis and suggestions although surely (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.publish)
  Re: Scans are back!
 
Hello Dan, (...) Actually, I don't think that. (...) I agree. (...) I understand that. I don't see, however, for now, how the bill is going to be paid for from now on. But I guess Kevin has an idea ... I think I have understood more of the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.publish)

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  Re: Scans are back!
 
Hello Kevin, hello everybody, I certainly appreciate the enormous amount of work that you and others put into brickshelf over the years, and the value this has created for the LEGO community. This is why I found it very disturbing to see the LEGO(r) (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.publish)

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