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In lugnet.general, Brad Justus writes:
> Questions have been raised recently regarding our stance toward the
> publication (scanned and posted) of our catalogs, both those intended for
> consumers and those for retailers. During my visit earlier this week in
> Billund, and also following consultation with Enfield, I obtained
> clarification on this issue. (My apologies for not securing this quite as
> quickly as I had hoped; often it simply takes time to do things properly.)
>
> > The assumption underlying this policy is that the materials mentioned
> (building instructions, catalogs, and the like) are intended for and freely
> available to the public; specifically, that the catalogs mentioned are
> consumer catalogs. Consequently, the recent posting of certain scanned
> portions of the year 2000 consumer catalog (for the non-commercial purpose of
> exchanging information and discussion) is an activity which is acceptable
> under the LEGO Group's Fair Play policy.
>
> However, the posting of retailer catalogs is a completely different matter.
> Though such catalogs may come to be in the possession of consumers (either by
> mistake or improper means), these are not materials which are intended for,
> nor are freely available to, the public. Such publications, while perhaps of
> interest to the enthusiast community, are communications between our company
> and our trade partners and do not belong online. Their release violates the
> LEGO Group's copyrights in those catalogs and may also jeopardize the LEGO
> Group's ability to protect its other intellectual property rights (i.e. patent
> and trademark). Therefore, if such a catalog or other trade material does
> happen to fall into your hands, you may NOT publish this off- or on-line in
> any form. (Note: even the digitization of analog material is itself a
> copyright violation.) Please understand that we must take appropriate steps
> to enforce this policy, if necessary.
> We hope that this answers all of your questions (for the moment, at least!)
> and kindly ask everyone to respect this policy.
>
> -- Brad
>
> Brad Justus
> Senior Vice President, LEGO Direct
> legodirect@lego.com
Hey Brad,
I am another party guilty in TLCs eyes of posting a message to the effect
that I would provide my own scans of 2000 products to any who asked. I
decided to pursue this until an answer came from yourself or Todd, and now
that it has I will play by your rules. I would never want to jeapordize
Todd's position and to him I apologize for any stress. Just to let you know
though, I received over 300 requests for the Adventurer scans alone. This
tells me that a lot of people would really like to see these and perhaps TLC
should reconsider the informational quality of its website. Not a slam just a
suggestion. And to those saying myself or someone else should be kicked off
of LUGNET, beware. As soon as the first gray area gets someone kicked off
then no one is safe. Those who posted messages such as mine in no way
violated any set policy at the time. If it is done again then appropriate
action should be taken, but no one should be convicted for anything they did
that at that time was not a violation. We can not delineate morals and say
that they are rules/laws. We must wait for the word on high (TLC). So
everyone in a tizzy just take a deep breath and chill. Again I say it is just
a plastic brick and no one's life is in danger.
I must also ask that all requests cease since that would put me in an
awkward position. Sorry guys, a day late so to speak :(
Cheers,
Mark L
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