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Subject:	Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date:	Sun, 4 Jan 2004 15:28:45 GMT
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> A great analogy of this is that you can go a > museum and look at an exhibit, you can even > take pictures to remember your visit, but you > can't take the display pieces home with you > when you leave. I think this analogy is not so great. The reason why we can't take things home from a museum is that things there are unique and in a museum more people can come see it. In the virtual world it's rather the other way around: things are not unique, copies are indentical to the original, and if more people 'take them with them', the more it will be seen. Please understand, I don't want this discussion to be focussed on this copyright vs. public issue. I do respect all efforts to make any contest fair.

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		Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
(...) I still would like to respect the author's choice not to have the raw DAT code posted, it is after all his/her property. -Orion (20 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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		Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
(...) While I understand the desire to have all models publicly available, I respect the authors desire to keep his/her efforts out of the public domain. A great analogy of this is that you can go a museum and look at an exhibit, you can even take (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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