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(...) The duplication of designs not protected by patent is not "ripping off." (...) But it's not "their" market, and it hasn't been "their" market since the patent expired. What we've seen for several decades is competitor brands moving into the (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Hi folks, Don Heyse, has asked me to announce the release of LSynth 3.1 which is now available for download from: (URL) he has done all the coding for this update. My role was nothing more than whining when things didn't work as I expected them (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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| | Re: LEGO® Launches Battle Over Trademark
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(...) Lego did not license the Kiddicraft design. They took it and *slightly* modified it. The Kiddicraft design, although patented in the UK, was not protected in Denmark. They bought all of the residual rights to the brick (in the early 1980s) (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: 2009/2010 LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) Election is open
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(...) Ah, right you are. This seems familiar to me now... because it's not the first time I've fallen for this trap. (URL) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Just as a note, it worked fine for me. It sounds like ldraw.org doesn't consider you an org member, just an ldraw.org user. --Travis (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hi Willy, When I log in at LDraw.org, the LSC election no longer appears in ballot page you link. I see it listed again when I log out. (Tested in Safari and Firefox.) How can I vote? Jim (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Well of course they wouldn't, but so what? The question isn't whether or not clones could thrive in the absence of the original; it's whether the original still retains exclusive rights to the studs-n-tubes design, and many courts have already (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) The LEGO Company did not clone the Kiddiecraft brick. They licensed the design, then bought the rights to it outright, and then improved upon it with the addition of the tubes inside the bricks that prevent cross-stacked parts from sliding (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Why should they? There are plenty of other companies that have already done so. You've got K'Nex, Lincoln Logs, Erector, and several other construction toy systems that have no resemblance to LEGO bricks, proving that you don't need to (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | 2009/2010 LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) Election is open
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The 2009/2010 LDraw Standards Committee[1] election is now open. To vote, please visit (URL) and log in with your user account. Next, visit the ballot page on LDraw.org here: (URL) LDraw organization members may vote and you may vote for up to five (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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(...) Not a valid analogy I believe. LEGO didn't clone Kiddiecraft; it took the idea and ran with it. Since their improvements were superior to the original, the original died off. Clones today exist because of their compatibility with LEGO, not (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Maybe Google Code + Google Wave? Preferably something that won't break if the person hosting the site has a HD crash or looses his password... Plus, I already have a gmail account! :) Mike (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Stilzkin Igniz offroad vehicle
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Cool! And very impressive. Play well, Jacob -- (URL) Jacob's LEGO boats> (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives
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A two truck, two cylinder, "Class A" Shay Locomotive My BBB&C's locomotive number 7 (URL) More pics and videos (URL) here>. and The First Locomotive of the First Railroad in Texas The 4-2-0 named the "General Sherman" (for Texas General Sidney (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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(...) The answer to your question is obvious. Enlighten and others manufacture for a market that never could afford to buy Lego bricks. The success of Lego's clone of the Kiddiecraft brick has had very little influence on the success of later (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Open cylinder primitives, any demand?
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(...) Here is a list I compiled of many parts that could make use of a cylinder that's open at both ends. There may be more. 6029A 3957 104 2569 30322 30209 3062B 33286 43888 4740 3960s01 3961s01 6942 75535 6177s01 30148 4360 4341 70501 529 6260 (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Looking for entries for a film show
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(...) Uh, by the way, it happens in March. Sorry. (15 years ago, 16-Nov-09, to lugnet.animation, FTX)
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Why yes, yes there is video. Janey has video here: (URL) was behind the camera being a pest, clicking pictures with my camera phone. Chris (...) (15 years ago, 16-Nov-09, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
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Greetings. Each year the nonprofit organization I direct (Bricks for Brains, (URL) www.BricksForBrains.org>) produces an event called Brick Bash ((URL) www.BrickBash.com>) here in Ann Arbor, MI. This is a public LEGO building exhibition (i.e, not (...) (15 years ago, 16-Nov-09, to lugnet.animation, FTX)
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| | Perth Lego Updated
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Hi All, PALS site has just been updated with some pics of next years big layout under construction. (URL) soon. Braith. (15 years ago, 16-Nov-09, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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