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Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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Date: 
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 02:47:57 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Matthew Miller writes:
> Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> > I thought we were talking about links to images.
> There's a difference?
> (I'm serious.)
> Anyway, Brad Justus' statement is about "images or material".

Brad's statement was, to wit, in response to a question by LarryP asking
about links to images.


> Right now, I'm 100% concerned with the "legally and technically" issue. I
> think that respectfully, if it's clear that Lego doesn't want such things
> published (it wasn't) than they shouldn't be.

If you're willing to respect the wishes regardless of legality, then that
makes the legality a moot issue.  (I don't think anyone was disputing the
legality of it anyway.  I certainly wasn't, except perhaps privacy and
publicity rights, but that's a whole separate side to the issue, and IANAL,
so I should've bowed out of this discussion long ago. :)


> But, on the other hand, if they think that they have some sort of right for
> me to not provide links to their images, I don't feel that's something that
> people _should_ respect, because it leads to bad things.

I agree.  I don't think they ever meant that, however.

--Todd



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) I should clarify that "I agree" part. I don't think you have the right to provide embedded links to their images on your own web pages via the <IMG> tag, but IMHO you probably do have the complete legal right to share the URLs of any of the (...) (27 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) Indeed. But the answer received was much broader than that. (...) The statement talked about posting links being "copyright violation". That's pretty clearly a legal issue. But Brad's new post has corrected that -- I hope the legal people (...) (27 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) No. It doesn't. If claims like that are allowed to stand unchallenged, people will accept them for truth. Jasper (27 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) There's a difference? (I'm serious.) Anyway, Brad Justus' statement is about "images or material". (...) *shrug* Perhaps. The web site that was at <URL:(URL) isn't there any more. Doesn't mean I didn't mean to publish it. :) (...) I think I (...) (27 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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