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Re: Official model repository situation
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Fri, 23 Feb 2001 05:08:49 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Todd Lehman writes:
> [disclaimer: I am not a lawyer]
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> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Ryan Farrington writes:
> > Todd Lehman wrote:
> > > In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Ryan Farrington writes:
> > > > Should the OMR have a similar restriction?
> > > What would that mean for Star Wars scenes?
> > [...]
> > In a way, making .dat files of official models is copying instructions, or
> > rather the idea behind the printed matter, namely, "this is how you build
> > this model."
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> It's very different. Copying instructions is copying instructions. Copying
> .DAT files is copying text files that list parts with x,y,z coordinates and
> orientations.
I think the DAT file becomes a derivative work. You're just translating the
original work into a new medium. It's like you've written down a
scene-by-scene description of a film.
If it's allowed under the Fair Play policy, then it's allowed.
My 2 half-bushings.
-Erik
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| [ I am still a scientist, not a lawyer ] Erik: (...) <quote src="Danish copyright law" translation="on-the-fly"> § 4. One, who translates, reworks or in another way adapts a work, including transforming it to another form of litterature or art, has (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| [disclaimer: I am not a lawyer] (...) It's very different. Copying instructions is copying instructions. Copying .DAT files is copying text files that list parts with x,y,z coordinates and orientations. (...) A copyright 20 years old may be as valid (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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