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(...) Some other reasons I have bought LEGO: - to see how LEGO tackled a design problem - to acquire parts for trade - to collect the set - because the set is beautiful - because the price was too cheap to pass up - to acquire more tubs for storage (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help defend the artist! (was Re: Brick Testament site linked with child porn case??!!)
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(...) I agree completely, I'm no authority but I would suppose that what's in the BT is no more so that in the Bible. That reference was ment to discredit that person in question and the BT was used to paint a futher despicable picture on the back (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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Welcome clansmen! I bid you greetings from the ‘Circle of 18 Richards!’ We are a numerous bunch, and soon we will be poised to rule over these fair lands once more. Our high-commander, Richard Marchetti, shall be saluted as ‘post-master’ 1 of 18 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Help defend the artist! (was Re: Brick Testament site linked with child porn case??!!)
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I would encourage people disgusted by Fionnula Bourke's article to email their grievance at: icFeedback@mrn.co.uk my response: In your article "Councillor in child porn probe" Dec 29 2002, by Fionnula Bourke, you report the Brick Testament as a site (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brick Testament site linked with child porn case??!!
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(...) How true. It always amuses me at how our society "shuns" those parts of the Bible that aren't all holy and pure. Guess what people? You have to deal with the bad AND the good because the original writers are trying to TELL you something (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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Cool! I doubled what I did the previous year. Of course, I am a long way from Larry still. ...Waitaminute, the year isn't over yet. I still have 38 hours to post 2134 more times!! 8-P Anyway, how about a year-in-review, to see what all these posts (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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Hello, In set #10041, the LEGO Legends remake of #6390 - 'Main Street', it seems to me that for the rails of the building crane the original parts #812 - 'Train Level Crossing Center Rail Cap Insert' have been replaced by plates with tiles on top of (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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I have seen at least one picture of the Ecto-1 from somewhere but other than that, nothing. Anyone know of any ghostbusters stuff done in lego (without modified pieces that is) or have any links? (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Would the FBI care? (I don't think the FBI starts looking at you until your a suspect of something, so unless you've got a reason to think the FBI may be after you...) I'd think the NSA, CIA, or the newly formed Homeland Security Department (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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Thanks to both Maggie for the reminder, and *Dan for the compilation. I like the fact that I’ve posted more than Suz for the past 2 years! …it make me feel somewhat kinda special… ;) <blushes> (...) These figures are a gauge of my self-worth… (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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(...) stronger bastions of respectable journalism in the UK. In any case, I sent the following letter to the editor. It's couched in the usual over-assertive letter-to-the-editor style that seems the only way to get past the sub-editors. to: (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) bother - the FBI already knows you like LEGO. And their logic might not be as rigorous as that reporter's. (That was sarcasm. I hope.) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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This is very weird how they grouped the Brick Testament site along with the other offensive material...I guess I better purge my cache at work! Seems like they have blown this way out of proportion at this poor guys expense (or they were just (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
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(...) There is the law, and then there is the moral overlay. What constitutes sufficient proof of having created the "first" instance of a given, disputed design? I am going to assume that what is being asserted is a claim of authorship for the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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(...) I agree completely. Plus, I am not really sure it matters whether the auctioned model is an original from the ground up or a derivative work based on Bram's design -- if there are sufficient differences to distinguish it from Bram's then they (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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Check it out! (URL) Wells (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) Let's be careful to distinguish between what one *has* the right to do, and what *is* the right thing to do. Others have posted some great analysis of the legal side of things. I'll leave that to them, (after giving my hearty thanks, I learned (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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"Matthias Jaenichen" <mj@edv.jaenichen.biz> wrote in message news:upsnua.5k1.ln@g...hen.biz... (...) Hopefully (...) I can't believe this is so hard for some of you to understand. Bram has no problem with someone copying his work. Nobody should. (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
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(...) I didn't have a problem with the seller selling a Lego Lamborghini, I had a problem because he was selling my Lego Lamborghini, or a close approximation thereof. If you still don't believe it's copied, see some of the other posts in this (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: Intellectual property and the Internet (Was "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de)
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(...) No, *she* does not! But we are getting into the areas where the laws of various countries differ. Generally you can only assume that copyright is protecting the text/image and not the idea. For example in Australia ... taken from (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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