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Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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Date: 
Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:59:12 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:

Actually, I'd be interested in hearing from the other members of the GoB on
their take on all of this.

http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=1371

Not an official GoB statement, just my opinion. I can dig up where I said
the same thing some time ago if you think it's helpful...

For those that want to give a go to copying my work for their own enjoyment,
there's lots of info at the www.miltontrainworks.com website. You can get
fairly close on some of the easier ones, but not as close on the more
recent, more complex ones. You will, at the end, have a copy, not the "Real
Thing", though.

I'll let my model quality or lack thereof speak for itself.

Larry Pieniazek, Bricksmith
Milton Train Works



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  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) certain designs re: construction block toys are open season as far as duplication or near duplication. MegaBloks and Block-Men are the current offenders, of course, and their use of the 2x4 brick, nearly identical to Lego's design, has been (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) As I said before, good luck with that. I don't think you really can "copyright" an arrangement of someone else's patented materials. Let's keep that in mind here, folks: we are *not* talking about music. Music is a naturally occuring thing. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)

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