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Subject:	Re: Questions About Selling Custom Model Instructions: Confirming LEGO/LDraw Consent
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad
Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:24:54 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Jim DeVona wrote: > "Commercial sale of instruction images rendered from LDraw models does not > violate the CA." True or false? Discussion? > > Jim 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 results of any pictures created with their product. Redistributing an image created using a product is VERY DIFFERENT than redistributing the actual product. As long as you are using image files then you are OK. As for custom models being "lucrative" I think you may want to research this a bit more. Yes money does exchange hands, but no one is getting rich doing them! - Dan

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		Re: Questions About Selling Custom Model Instructions: Confirming LEGO/LDraw Consent
(...) That makes sense to me. I was careful to ask because of how vigorously the opposing point was argued in that discussion - by some LDraw committee members, no less. (...) I wrote that in jest. (What, you mean you're not rolling in gold (...) (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)

		Re: Questions About Selling Custom Model Instructions: Confirming LEGO/LDraw Consent
(...) Your examples are not the same process. There's a difference between constructing something using software as a tool and constructing something using constituent visual components which can be copyrighted. That said, the actual design of the (...) (16 years ago, 21-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)

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		Re: Questions About Selling Custom Model Instructions: Confirming LEGO/LDraw Consent
(...) 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 (...) (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)

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