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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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Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:54:23 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Daniel Siskind wrote:
> 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
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> 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.
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 parts belongs to LEGO so it all gets quite complex. Thus the
statement spelling it out.
> 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
Tim (also not without a SteerCo hat on)
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