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Re: Selling MOC Instructions? Your Thoughts?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 19 Dec 2001 01:51:42 GMT
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> In lugnet.general, Mike Stanley writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford writes:
> > > In lugnet.general, William R. Ward writes:
> > > > "Sun Yun" <solasphere@yahoo.com> writes:
> > > > Has anybody ever sold just instructions for an MOC they'll built.
> > > >
> > > > If so are there any legal ramifications of doing so, especially in the
> > > > context of using LDraw/MLcad to generate the images?
> > >
> > > In general, no. But in your case, I suspect there is a problem. Not
> > > with LDraw/MLcad, but with the fact that you are modeling a toy with
> > > its own copyright and trademark issues.
I saw this paragraph and thought William was referring to LEGO as the 'toy'.
My mistake.
> > > I don't think that Robotech toys or other products are currently being
> > > produced, but *someone* owns the rights, and if they should happen to
> > > find out about you, you could be the target of anything ranging from
> > > cease-and-desist orders from their lawyer to a lawsuit.
I missed this paragraph somehow in my initial read. Ooops.
> Am I missing something, or did you misunderstand William and think that the
> problem could be that Sun is using LEGO bricks to make his models?
Precisely.
My mistake entirely. I apologize again.
Regards,
Allan B.
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| (...) Could you explain how you see these two situations as being similar? If I understand what William says in his post he is saying there may be an issue with Sun making models of some sort of trademarked toy - Robotech. Meaning literally that (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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