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"kai brodersen" <cbrodersen@mediaone.net> wrote in message
news:G6ExxI.Hst@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Mike Faunce writes:
> >
> > What would probably happen is that TLC would work it out with the • original
> > owner and then send you the bill for the resulting costs (legal + • licensing
> > that they worked out with the original owner) and then sue you for • damages
> > and fraud if you didn't cough up the money.
>
> If lego did that to one of its loyal fans i would put all my legos on
> the street, pour gasoline on it, lite it on fire, video tape it and send • the
> tape to lego and post the video on the web, if it did that.
> kai
Why?
If I stole your design and submitted it to an TLG contest and won, wouldn't
you be upset? If TLG then started producing your design for profit based on
my copyright release, wouldn't you be even more upset? You'd have lost
total control of your design. You may even have lost financial gain through
my activities.
If I was stealing someone else's work and submitting it to a LEGO contest as
my own, how loyal a fan am I? Remember the context. This is there to
protect the loyal LEGO fan who has published their work to the web. This
protects original designer, not the contestant who stole the design that was
entered.
This release gives TLG an out for this. If someone comes forward and can
prove that a contest submission is stolen, then TLG can work it out with the
original designer and then legally go after the submitter.
In effect someone who was willing to steal a design would be getting a
reasonable punishment IMHO.
Mike
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| In lugnet.general, Mike Faunce writes: <snip> (...) I don't usually post "I agree" posts but, I agree. While I am not happy about loss of rights if I'm the originator, it is nice to see that maybe TLC is going to do something about the cases where (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) If you look where i posted my message it was after he said "then send you the bill for the resulting costs (legal +licensing that they worked out with the original owner) and then sue you for damages and fraud if you didn't cough up the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) If lego did that to one of its loyal fans i would put all my legos on the street, pour gasoline on it, lite it on fire, video tape it and send the tape to lego and post the video on the web, if it did that. kai (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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