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Subject: 
Resolved! (Was: Plagiarism again)
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Date: 
Sat, 29 Jan 2000 00:38:10 GMT
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Susan Hoover wrote:

Susan Hoover <hoover@compuserve.com> wrote in message

[snipped story of stolen November 1999 Theme Gallery winner at
<http://www.lego.com/gallery/theme/famehall.asp>]


Thanks, Tamy, Frank, and Doug.  I have also e-mailed LEGO at the only
address I could find, webclub@lego.com.  So far I have not gotten a
reply, and my model is still up as the November winner.


I checked earlier today, and my model was still there, but I just
checked again, and it's been taken down.  The November winner is now a
cute dragon that looks like it was done by a 5-year-old, and in fact a
5yo is credited with its design.

However, I never did receive any sort of apology or explanation from
LEGO; just the 2-line response that I quoted in another post.

--
Susan Hoover
Houston, TX



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  Re: Resolved! (Was: Plagiarism again)
 
(...) Wouldn't you prefer that your model win the November contest over some other model? Subject to your approval of course, I think they should have left the model there, and switched the credit and prize from the plagarist to you. Although it (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Plagiarism again (Was: Can we say, "Plagiarism"?)
 
(...) [snipped story of stolen November 1999 Theme Gallery winner at (URL)] (...) Thanks, Tamy, Frank, and Doug. I have also e-mailed LEGO at the only address I could find, webclub@lego.com. So far I have not gotten a reply, and my model is still up (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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