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It has come to my attention that numerous individual are reselling my kits
and instructions without my consent on eBay, Bricklink, etc. Therefore I am
posting my guidelines regarding the reproduction and redistribution of my work
here.Furthermore, if you are currently selling unauthorized reproductions of my
kits or instructions I kindly ask that you stop this activity immediately. I am
not opposed to licensing my models, so I am open to proposals if anyone wants to
reproduce them legitimately. Below is my official position regarding the
copyright and reproduction of my work...
Thank you,
Daniel Siskind
To all the people selling Brickmania / Daniel Siskind’s kits and/or instructions
without my permission: While I appreciate that my models and name have become
marketable items, I do not appreciate that other people are using them to make
money without sending me royalties, let alone bothering to ask my permission.
Playing with Lego bricks is one of my foremost passions in life, but doing
Brickmania kits also involves endless hours of just plain work. I have recently
resigned my “real job” in order to fully concentrate on the new generation of
Brickmania kits and instructions. With a family to support this means I have to
be very conscious about making a positive return on my investment of time and
money. When someone else is selling my products it takes away from the
legitimate return I should be receiving for my time, skills and material
expenses.
With this in mind I am outlining my position on reproducing Brickmania’s kits
and instructions.
1. I control the copyright on all Brickmania instructions, kit packaging,
website and all images contained therein. Permission is granted to make a backup
or printout of my instructions for personal use only. Any other reproduction for
sale, transfer or other distribution is not allowed except with my written
permission.
2. My instructions and kits are intended for the end-user to build a models of
my design for their own personal use and enjoyment. These designs are also my
intellectual property and may not be resold or otherwise distributed without my
written permission. In other words it is not OK to use my instructions—even if
paid for them—to recreate my designs for resale.
3. My kits, models, instructions, web galleries (Flickr, MOC Pages, etc.) and
web site content may not be reproduced in any other medium without my written
permission. The exception being posting of images of models derived from my kits
and instructions on personal web blogs and galleries. In this case I politely
ask that credit be given for my design and a link provided back to
http://www.brickmania.com.
Faced with the prospect of not being able to put food in my kids’ bellies I must
insist that these guidelines be respected. Failure to comply with these may
result in expulsion from the fair lands of Brickmania, legal action, an
all-expenses paid vacation in federal prison, and/or a visit by the Brickmania
goon squad.
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