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Re: Selling MOC Instructions? Your Thoughts?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:38:02 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John P. Henderson writes:
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> Based on what is shown in the message Tim links to (below), it would seem
> that the unique instructions you might create with such programs are your
> property, in much the same way as a document written in MSWord is owned by
> the author, not the software company. Keep in mind that copyright ownership
> should be defined on anything you reproduce (a small notice with the (C)
> symbol, your name, and date of creation would suffice). I would advice
> placing such notice on all forms of your work -digital or otherwise. If you
> provide a data CD, you might also include a note that any reproduction of
> its contents is a violation of copyright law without your express permission.
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> Lack of any notice might be mistaken. for you voluntarily placing the work
> into public domain.
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> As far as whether your idea is worth selling, I would say as long as you
> have customers willing to pay, then the answer is yes.
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> -Hendo
Thanks for the advice. I intend to protect myself the best I can although I
definitely expect priracy to run rampant if I produce digital instructions.
I suppose that is another reason to go with printed copies since it requires
a lot more effort to reproduce them.
> PS I do agree that your models are excellent. I am not big on mechs, but
> they remind me of the early Robotech cartoons I watched oh so many years >ago...
That is because they are. :) And that is where all the instruction
interest is coming from, fans of that series. Many of the people on Lugnet
are probably capable of duplicating these just by staring at all the
pictures I have posted so I don't expect much interest from the community
here. Stay tuned, I hope to have more Robotech/Macross models in the future.
sun
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| (...) Cool. Keep us posted. I have one friend who was big into Robotech, and slightly interested in Lego. He might have interest in your instructions also. I just had one more thought, especially if your target customers are not regular AFOLs: You (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Based on what is shown in the message Tim links to (below), it would seem that the unique instructions you might create with such programs are your property, in much the same way as a document written in MSWord is owned by the author, not the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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