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Re: Questions About Selling Custom Model Instructions: Confirming LEGO/LDraw Consent
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lugnet.cad
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Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:48:38 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Jim DeVona wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Here are three questions: one about LEGO trademarks and two for the LDraw
> community. The questions stem from a casual interest in selling custom LEGO kits
> with instructions. Because there are existing vendors of excellent such kits -
> and books containing similar instructions - I assume that LEGO and the LDraw
> community are not hostile to such enterprise. However, as I consider entering
> this lucrative market myself, I would like more direct assurance that it is
> indeed acceptable.
>
> Firstly, to what extent - if any - may the name, number, or image of LEGO
> products be referenced in the sale of custom models? These properties would be
> used solely to identify which LEGO sets should be purchased to obtain the
> prerequisite pieces for custom kits.
>
> Secondly, does LDraw policy (as expressed by the Contributor Agreement, other
> documentation, or tradition) grant third parties the right to capitalize on the
> considerable volunteer time, effort, and ingenuity represented by the part
> library and the LDraw system?
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> Lastly, but perhaps most importantly, how do the individual authors of LDraw
> parts and programs feel about such enterprise? The good will of the people who
> propel this hobby is of principal importance to me. Would you be pleased to see
> your work used - and promoted - as part of another small commercial endeavor, or
> would you consider it a misuse of your contribution to the community?
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> Again, because of the considerable precedent - including but not limited to
> books by LDraw software authors - I infer that it is not objectionable to market
> materials containing LEGO and LDraw imagery.
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> If nothing else, I hope these questions prompt thought and discussion about the
> variety of uses for the LDraw system and the LEGO brick.
>
> Be well, and thank you for your input.
>
> Jim
My and other LDraw part authors' work are used in sites like BrickLink to
promote LEGO parts for sale. No problems with me.
Using my LDraw parts in sold instructions doesn't bother me either.
Selling software with my work included does not feel very ok.
Bundled with a book though, well I guess it's alright.
/Tore
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