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Re: Enough already
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Sun, 19 Dec 1999 22:40:32 GMT
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> Hear, hear! IMHO, all of this backlash is ridiculous. The LEGO Company is
> being *extremely* generous in allowing scans of any their copyrighted • materials
> up on websites *at all*[1]. Yet, all some people can do is complain that • they
> aren't getting enough.
Lego is being generous? I would say they're being practical, having
concluded that the ill-will generated and costs involved in pursiring the
removal of scans is not worth the perceived benefit. Let's not forget that
this is a corporation we're talking about.
> Someone yesterday even called it a "tragedy" that recently leaked retailer
> catalog scans were taken down, calling them "previews" rather than what • they
> really were. Short of calling statements like that entirely absurd, it's • hard
> not to point out that statements like that show immense amounts of
disrespect.
That someone was me. Statements like that show immense amounts of
disrespect? Coincidentally, this is exactly what AFOLs have been getting
from TLG for YEARS. This recent development of Brad Justus posting is a
positive one, but let's see where it goes before we all gather around the
campfire singing Koombaya.
> It's good to nail down legal idiosyncracies (tactfully and politely, as • Larry
> did) and to separate the true legalities from the polite wishes, but • there's a
> point where all of the bickering and ungratefulness turns sour and becomes
> nothing but annoying noise for Brad and his colleagues. I don't think LEGO
> Direct came here to be disrespected.
Don't worry, I'm sure "annoying noise" has already been factored into the
marketing plan.
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| (...) No, not generous. Practical, yes for them. Nice for us.... Possibly? (...) Just need some clarification.... How do you mean that has TLG been disrespectful to us? By the lack of response to our requests? If this is what you mean, I don't see (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Hear, hear! IMHO, all of this backlash is ridiculous. The LEGO Company is being *extremely* generous in allowing scans of any their copyrighted materials up on websites *at all*[1]. Yet, all some people can do is complain that they aren't (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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