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Subject: 
Re: 2000 Dealer catalogue Removal Request Backfire?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general
Date: 
Wed, 8 Dec 1999 11:32:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:

You don't see anything wrong with defecating all over a company's publicity
and intellectual property rights regarding information which was, up until
two days ago, a trade secret.  Wonderful.

There is no way you will convince me that MegaBloks or many other competitors
HAVEN'T already seen those pics, not if their spies are doing their jobs
properly.  That no longer makes it a trade secret to me.

I read somewhere that the brain makes a decision on something then
rationalises afterwards, that a whole part of the brain is dedicated to
thinking up excuses to arbitarily made decisions. But maybe someone more
knowledgable can help me on this?

Whether a secret is really a secret is immaterial to the person who's secret
it is. This isn't about what we think/hope might be the case. It's about what
we can safely deduce is TLC's position on this. If they would fire an employee
for showing a retailers catalogue before release then it is safe to assume
that they don't apprieciate it, and that it IS important to them. TLC being a
very employee concious company remember.

This "They probably don't care, and it doesn't matter", may be true - but with
the available evidence it is rationalisation, wishful thinking.

Richard



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  Re: 2000 Dealer catalogue Removal Request Backfire?
 
Actually, NO, with the available evidence (i.e. NOTHING said from TLC so far), it is correct, not wishful thinking. If I would have seen ONE message in here or on lego.com asking that the pics be removed from sites, then I would agree with you that (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)

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  Re: 2000 Dealer catalogue Removal Request Backfire?
 
I could reply to most of the post, but I'm hoping to get this entire thread to die down until we hear from TLC. (...) There is no way you will convince me that MegaBloks or many other competitors HAVEN'T already seen those pics, not if their spies (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)

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