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Re: Ldraw Logo on Studs
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 20:24:27 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Ahui Herrera writes:
> Again from what I have observered, if a user wants to place LDraw, LEGO, or
> even his initals or any other text on the stud of a virtual brick that is
> OKAY AS LONG AS your are NOT selling the image, putting it as a building
> instruction and selling it with your lego-brick made MOC.  That is where the
> suits will come in for the kill. A rendered image is YOUR PROPERTY, your
> creation, your copyrighted idea.  SO LONG AS YOU ARE NOT SELLING IT.  It's
> the SALE that is what Lego company needs to protect.  They need to protect
> their image that if you are going to sell say building instructions that the
> general public doesn't not think that those building instructions are coming
> from the lego company themselves.

So... if we *are* selling the images (ie for instructions), then they can
*not* have the Lego logo.  But any other logo is OK.  Is this correct?

--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com



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  Re: Ldraw Logo on Studs
 
(...) I am not sure there. I wouldn't simply assume LEGO would come after someone for including the text on the studs say, in a Guild of Bricksmiths(TM) set. LEGO requires a legal disclaimer, and does not allow you to display the bright red logo. I (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: Ldraw Logo on Studs
 
<snip> (...) Again from what I have observered, if a user wants to place LDraw, LEGO, or even his initals or any other text on the stud of a virtual brick that is OKAY AS LONG AS your are NOT selling the image, putting it as a building instruction (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad)

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