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Re: Selling MOC Instructions? Your Thoughts?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 19 Dec 2001 03:58:12 GMT
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In lugnet.general, William R. Ward writes:
> If you made a model of a Lego product (supersized minifig sculpture,
> etc.) out of Lego and tried to sell it, they'd probably come after
> you. But using Lego bricks as a medium is OK.
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> The issue isn't the medium, it's what is produced - an image of a
> trademarked Robotech character. The same would be true if you made
> T-shirts with a Robotech character and tried to sell them.
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> --Bill.
All points well taken. This is some good discussion.
I definitely might be infringing on copyrights in some way by producing a
Lego toy based on someone elses intellectual property. I'm very familar
with the Harmony Gold's(copyright owner) history so I'll have to do some
reading.
After thinking about it a bit, I believe the only problem I'll have is if I
label this thing as a "Robotech" whatever. It could look nothing like
anything they've designed but if it says Robotech they'll probably come
after me.
I belive the image produced is negligable unless it is faithful to every
detail. "hey that fender looks just like . . . " But something still
doesn't sit right.
What about Lego trains for instance. If the Guild models a train that
exists and was designed by some company, is that not a violation of the
intellectual property of that company?
And where is the fine line drawn between what's mine and what's there's. I
intend to make instructions for a design of my own, based on images I've
seen produced by someone else. My own interpretation and rendition of an
idea. It is not a faithful replica of the design but rather draws
inspiration from it.
But then again this is all subjective and now I have a headache. I don't
know what I'm saying anymore.
Ah, copyright law, you gotta love it.
sun
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| (...) I think technically yes. For the most part, building, automobile, train, airplane, and ship manufacturers (things which are regularly modeled) are all pretty open to scale models. These scale models don't cut into their business at all, and if (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) If you made a model of a Lego product (supersized minifig sculpture, etc.) out of Lego and tried to sell it, they'd probably come after you. But using Lego bricks as a medium is OK. The issue isn't the medium, it's what is produced - an image (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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