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    Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Scott Arthur
   I think somebody actually owns the copyright for Einstein's "image". If so, I'd expect selling these for profit to be breach of copyright? Scott A (URL) Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:FvqtoB.33I@lugnet.com... (...) guy's (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Tom Stangl
   Nope, doesn't work that way, or any photographer/artist could be out of business. This IS a work of art, even if it is "only" made out of Lego. That gives the creator a lot more latitude. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Scott Arthur
   Sounds sensible to me. SO could he do one of Mickey mouse, or, say, the Coca Cola Logo? Scott A "Tom Stangl" <toms@netscape.com> wrote in message news:393E6522.EADA87...ape.com... (...) the (...) so, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Matthew Miller
   (...) That'd be a trademark issue -- different from copyright. (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Eric Kingsley
   (...) Ahh but what about Andy Worhol -sp? Did he get in trouble for say his Coke painting or his Campbells soup painting? Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Matthew Miller
     (...) There is a "fair use" concept which applies to all forms of intellectual property. Use in art is one of the well-established fair use areas. However, with the way trademark laws work, you'd better be prepared to defend yourself against armies (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
   
        Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Scott Arthur
     Around 5 years ago there was an artist in NY painting blow-ups of Bank of England notes. The BoE tried to close him down, but as the images were not copyrighted - it cound not be done. All new notes are now copyrighted. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Matthew Miller
     (...) I'm not sure this makes sense -- copyright isn't something that has to be done; it's something you automatically have over any of your creative works. You can register your copyrighted materials, which gives it more force, but I don't think (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
    
         Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Will Middelaer
      (...) I do not know about England, but in the United States there is no copyright on anything produced by the U.S. Government. The idea is that works created with public money belongs to the public. Of course there are laws other than copyright that (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)
     
          Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Matthew Miller
      (...) Interesting -- I wasn't aware of that. (...) Right, that seems fair. (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)
    
         Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Will Middelaer
     (...) I do not know about England, but in the United States there is no copyright on anything produced by the U.S. Government. The idea is that works created with public money belongs to the public. Of course there are laws other than copyright that (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)
   
        Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Alan Gerber
   (...) Warhol (...) taking out Maesrk from it when Maesrk told him to. Alan (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Fredrik Glöckner
   (...) Yes, he did. If I understand it correctly, he wouldn't have _had_ to alter the web page, though. The threat to sue him was just an empty threat. However, to avoid any hassle, he simply altered the web page. This was simpler than hiring a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Wow! This guy is good! —Anders Isaksson
   Fredrik Glöckner skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Yes, that's about it. I just removed the name M...k from the text, but it's still there on the ship in the picture :-) I can understand their concern in this case, the current Regina M...k is the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
 

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