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Re: Cats and pigeons...
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 10 Dec 1999 20:41:41 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> > [...]
> > - Pointers to websites that have images of sets before their release (ie,
> > TheForce.net, TheOuterRim.com, etc)?
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> I personally don't see any problem with this, depending on how the
> pointers are worded. Simply reporting upon the existence of something
> somewhere else, no matter how illegal (including posting URLs of
> information contained on other publicly accessible servers, for purposes
> of discussion) can hardly be construed as infringing on anyone's rights.
> Then again, I am not a lawyer, so don't take this as legal advice. I'm
> sure it's an extremely gray area.
Actually -- I take that back, partially. There's one thing I hadn't
considered: invasive URL pointers into www.lego.com! Ug.
For example, what someone just posted here:
http://www.lugnet.com/general/?n=11804
is very possibly a violation of the LEGO Company's privacy, simply via links,
if I understand correctly how the URLs were obtained. :-(
--Todd
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) week, eh? The dizzying highs, the terrible lows, the creamy middles... (...) True. I mean, clearly they aren't meant to be seen yet, because they aren't linked fromt he pages. And yet, LEGO has them on a server, where a li'l ol' http request (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Cats and pigeons...
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| (...) To clarify things, whilst someone did post a link that went directly to a picture of an unreleased set, for me at least ALL the sets new were, and still are on some ISP's(!):- A. all the new sections can be linked to from appropriate links on (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Cats and pigeons...
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| (...) [snip] (...) Since my own posting rights might be in jeopardy, I feel the need to mention that I wouldn't've gotten the quick URL that I posted without going through the European catalog once in the first place. The missing image for Lego Baby (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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