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Subject: 
Re: For Your Eyes Only !!!
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:22:21 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 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?

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.

> 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?

True a person's reproduction would be a forgery, but unless someone that is
actually a famous artist hand crafted the piece, and you could verify this
fact, would you really care that you owned a forgery instead of someone else's
MOC?  If it is for your own use, I see no problem copying it.  If you were to
sell it as your own, or tell people you designed it, then that would be wrong.

> 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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  Re: For Your Eyes Only !!!
 
(...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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