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In lugnet.general, Mike Faunce writes:
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> "kai brodersen" <cbrodersen@mediaone.net> wrote in message
> news:G6ExxI.Hst@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.general, Mike Faunce writes:
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> > > What would probably happen is that TLC would work it out with the • original
> > > owner and >> >
> >
> > 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?
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> 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
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 money."
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| (...) Ummm...I believe the term "you" refers to the thief who submitted someone else's work as their own. As in: If YOU steal my work and I sue Lego it is perfectly reasonable for Lego to in turn expect YOU (the thief) to reimburse them for any (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| "kai brodersen" <cbrodersen@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:G6ExxI.Hst@lugnet.com... (...) original (...) licensing (...) damages (...) the (...) Why? If I stole your design and submitted it to an TLG contest and won, wouldn't you be upset? If (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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