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Re: For Your Eyes Only !!!
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Date: 
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:12:46 GMT
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leggomylego wrote:

Also, consider the fact of how EASY it would be to recreate this thing form
parts we all have laying around.

Ah. Interesting. When does something shade over from being a design or
decoration to a work of art?

Theoretically, if I copy a work of art, even if I get it exactly right,
it's a forgery... If Lego Bricks are the medium, is that still true? Is
it art because the artist says so?

This whole thing has just been discussed at length in .debate but I
don't think any satisfactory conclusion has been reached.


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(...) I would say any MOC could be considered a work of art. It is the "artist" who puts the pieces in a certain arrangement, creating a new piece out of other smaller pieces. (...) True a person's reproduction would be a forgery, but unless someone (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: For Your Eyes Only !!!
 
Also, consider the fact of how EASY it would be to recreate this thing form parts we all have laying around. I would guesstimate only 2000 pieces in the work. If you printed a nice quality copy of the auction list, I think it would be easy enough to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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