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  someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
Hi all, I am just posting this notice to anyone that may have models on the following page: (URL) person emailed me the url to this page, and to my surprise, it had models that I have seen here on Lugnet in the past, and to my shock, it had one of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) horrible...and not much of a painter at that either, (my actual painting are horrible but when i use a paint program the're better) armurdknight (URL) parts,will travel (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
Hi Joel, I was shocked when I saw what this person stole and put on his site. Disgusting! I immediately e-mailed him/her, but the message never got through. Can you please tell me his/her e-mail address. We should really start a section of LUGNET (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) I'm not entirely sure that it's a spoof. (Okay, I *am* sure it isn't, but still...) Check out how fast Rodimustron can scoot -- a whopping 9,999...999 m.p.h.! If you're getting that close to 10, but *still* can't quite reach it, then those (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) ((URL) and the black mech is from MGLM ((URL) It's called the Silhouette. I can't see why someone would do this... I agree with Joel. It is very not cool. ~Nick (URL) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) Most likely, this is some K12 kid who put together a site containing models he or she really admires. Odds are, this kid isn't aware of the social conventions (not to mention laws) that are being broken here. Not that it justifies this (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) Come to think of it... you're probably right. I was looking at the little drawing next to "The Good" and it's in Crayon. Ya, just an e-mail saying "Please put where you got the model picture from and a link" should do it. ~Nick (URL) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) right, I do understand that this site doesn't seem to be seriously "claiming" these works, and there is a parody style to it that I find amusing, but I feel that since it not clearly stating that he didn't make those designs, it is stealing. I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) Sorry, that post was just my attempt at dry humor. I don't deny that what this kid is doing is illegal and unethical; please see my message at (URL) for my real view on this issue. Perhaps if I had said somthing like, "I am 99,999...999% sure (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) exactly. In my original post, I wasn't intending people to berate the person, just let him know that he shouldn't do it the way he is. I figured a bunch of people would get the point across better than just the few people concerned. and I also (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) graphics and icons. Notably Mark Sandlin's "Links" bar and Mike Wampole's "The Good" logo. There are probably more, too. Greg "Oh, we're from Ohio and we don't talk about sex in public. It's kind of like our state motto" Majewski (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) fourth grader). Also, I don't think and AFOL would make a website like that nore have an e-mail address Optimusprime1897@aol.com. It's probabally some kid who wants attention and his friends to like him and stuff. Pretty sad if you ask me. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) .ART is one of AOL's save formats so the files were obviosly stolens if they have a .art extension. Chef (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
(...) --Me @ (URL) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  FOLLOW UP TO: Re: someone in the club tonight has stolen my ideas...
 
Okay, here's the scoop. I talked with the creator of the webpage using AIM. He said he was going to delete his page but then I told him about LDraw, and gave him a link to (URL) this will all turn out straight. I don't know if he has made any (...) (24 years ago, 3-Sep-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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