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Subject:	Re: Questions About Selling Custom Model Instructions: Confirming LEGO/LDraw Consent
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad
Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:43:26 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Jim DeVona wrote: > In lugnet.cad, Willy Tschager wrote: > > This is a bit lengthy: > > > > http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/org/ldraw/?n=3804 > > > > but all boils down to this final policy: > > > > http://www.ldraw.org/files/CAreadme.txt > > > > (This version will be shipped with the new CA-Library) > > The readme suggests that rendered images are not considered derivative works. > Since an instruction booklet consists of rendered images, and no LDraw code, I > conclude that visual instructions are not considered a derivative work. Since the discussion you linked contained much debate about the derivative status of rendered images, I'd like to know if anyone wearing a SteerCo hat can confirm my conclusion. "Commercial sale of instruction images rendered from LDraw models does not violate the CA." True or false? Discussion? Jim

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		Re: Questions About Selling Custom Model Instructions: Confirming LEGO/LDraw Consent
(...) True, and given the amount of LEGO related books that have been published in the last few years we have a set a precedence supporting this idea. -Orion (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)

		Re: Questions About Selling Custom Model Instructions: Confirming LEGO/LDraw Consent
(...) Such a rule about the using images generated from Ldraw would be impossible to enforce even if it did exist. That would be like Microsoft claiming ownership of every document made with MS Office or a paint company saying that they own the end (...) (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)

		Re: Questions About Selling Custom Model Instructions: Confirming LEGO/LDraw Consent
(...) Jim, There are a dozen books out there with building instructions made using LDraw tools. I've been involved with four. No-one has ever expressed negative attitudes about this activity (OK, every book has its critics ;^) IMHO the for profit (...) (16 years ago, 21-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)

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		Re: Questions About Selling Custom Model Instructions: Confirming LEGO/LDraw Consent
(...) Yes. The purpose of my post was to have them answered again, up-to-date and in direct response to the ideas I set forth. (...) The readme suggests that rendered images are not considered derivative works. Since an instruction booklet consists (...) (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)

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