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Re: Plagiarism again (Was: Can we say, "Plagiarism"?)
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Fri, 28 Jan 2000 09:31:44 GMT
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Mookie wrote:
> You will let us know what they said about the letter I'm sure :)
> Hope everything works out for the better!
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> Think about this, I do believe we need someone to keep an eye on this
> site on a regular basis to make sure this doesn't happen again. I
> wouldn't want to see Lego have to pull the idea because they can't
> "police" where the creations are coming from. Though I think there
> should have to be some kind of signed "legally" binding agreement that
> needs to be signed by a parent for anyone under 18 submitting items to
> the vote. The parents will know if the kid really built something 90% of
> the time I would think...
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> Just my thoughts, please let us know what Lego decides to do!
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> Tamy
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> Susan Hoover wrote:
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> > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > > I think you done good.
> > >
> > > If TLC wants us to respect their IP, they have to respect ours too.
> >
> > I said as much in my letter to them. :-)
> >
> > > Now, it's true that posting a model to their site grants certain IP
> > > rights...
> >
> > However, if the model and images weren't mojo_z's to begin with, then
> > he doesn't own any IP rights that he can grant to others. In my letter
> > to TLC (which is called TLG on the Theme Gallery rules page), I told
> > them that, having read the contest rules, I could not consent to cede
> > my copyright to TLC (as per the rules!), so I wanted my images removed
> > from the site and all copies deleted from their machines.
> >
> > > ...but they need to consider how to effectively prevent copied
> > > models.
> >
> > Yes, they certainly do. This happened twice in four months (August and
> > November).
> >
> > --
> > Susan Hoover
> > Houston, TX
>
> --
> Keep on Bricken'
> -Tamy
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> Follow the bouncing boxes!
> http://home.att.net/~mookie1/jambalaya.html
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> http://home.att.net/~mookie1/
> http://mookie.iwarp.com/ (mirror site)
> Lego isn't a toy, it's a way of life!
I aggree with this. It also means that parents have the final say on whether
kids submit their models to the contest, especailly if they have to submit
some personal details as well.
--
Jonathan Wilson
wilsonj@xoommail.com
http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/
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| (...) Of course, this assumes that the parents are honest themselves, or at least care whether or not their kid does something unethical like submitting someone else's creation to a LEGO Web Page. I mean, the kid has to have learned that such (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| You will let us know what they said about the letter I'm sure :) Hope everything works out for the better! Think about this, I do believe we need someone to keep an eye on this site on a regular basis to make sure this doesn't happen again. I (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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