 | | Re: Brickfair is official.... —William R. Ward
| | | | (...) Sounds great. But what's the deal with the name change? Why does every brick conference have to have a new name? I don't really care what name we used. For years, Brickfest was the standard name for this event, but now I guess those are only (...) (17 years ago, 15-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Brickfair is official.... —Todd Webb
| | | | | | (...) The names are proprietary; they are owned by various people. The name BrickFest is a bit debatable (I think 4 people claim rights to it) but one person commands $3,000 fee to use it. I figured, "To heck with that, I'll start my own name and (...) (17 years ago, 15-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Brickfair is official.... —William R. Ward
| | | | | | | (...) Well, I think it's pretty darn petty to insist on a $3,000 fee. If Brickfest is off the table, I would hope that we as a community can come up with a name that be used relatively freely. I do agree that certain standards should be maintained, (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Brickfair is official.... —Todd Webb
| | | | | | | (...) Well this leads me to all the "boring" reasons I didn't list. Let's see here. Just speaking for myself, I dunno how many other fest leaders share my thoughts... 1. I would not wish to share the BrickFair name and watch someone else fail, thus (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Brickfair is official.... —Brian Davis
| | | | | | (...) For the short form, check out this post: (URL) partway down the line "$3,000 that went to AMH Productions for use of the BrickFest name". When people use a name for an event, they very often reserve some rights to the name (a good idea - as (...) (17 years ago, 15-Oct-07, to lugnet.events)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Brickfair is official.... —Michael Harrod
| | | | | (...) Again, I must digress. The name of the event neither makes nor breaks it. Although the last 'BrickFest' did occur in Portland, there has been no announcement since, official or otherwise, as to when or where or even if another BrickFest will (...) (17 years ago, 15-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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