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Re: Resolved! (Was: Plagiarism again)
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 29 Jan 2000 01:26:21 GMT
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Susan Hoover wrote:
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> 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.
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 already did win the "Wheeled Vehicle" prize
which was a cooler prize anyway.
> However, I never did receive any sort of apology or explanation from
> LEGO; just the 2-line response that I quoted in another post.
That is totally lame. (Where are the Reasonable TLG Lawyers
Todd talks about when you need them!)
/Eric McCarthy/
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| (...) No, actually. I read the rules of the contest and the T&C very carefully before I sent them my e-mail of complaint. According to their rules, they claim to own the copyright on anything you submit. In my letter to them, I told them that I did (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Resolved! (Was: Plagiarism again)
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| (...) 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. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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