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Re: Selling MOC Instructions? Your Thoughts?
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Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:57:37 GMT
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this is a good question.
i've been publishing instructions on my site for a few years now. at the
beginning i wondered if i should sell the instructions and even wondered if
there would be demand (folks buy the official models, have all of the necessary
pieces to make alternates, so why not pay a little more to be able to make
something other than the original model?).
i'd feel a little guilty to start charging folks now, though most of the
instructions are no longer available (thanks to xoom.com). plus i got a nice
sense of pride thinking people could see/build/appreciate/denigrate the designs
i came up without having to cough up money for it (it gave me a wider audience).
STILL taking the time to recreate a design in a cad program, then going through
the publishing process does often seem like a thankless task, especially when
you get little or no feedback (though i know there are fans out there).
i'm watching this discussion with interest, not so much for the legal aspects
but to see what other creators or fans of designs have to say.
..joseph g
In lugnet.general, Sun Yun writes:
> Has anybody ever sold just instructions for an MOC they'll built.
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> If so are there any legal ramifications of doing so, especially in the
> context of using LDraw/MLcad to generate the images?
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> Due to an overwhelming demand for two of my MOC outside the Lugnet community
> I've been pondering doing this.
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> Why charge for the instructions you ask? Well I'd like to think of it as a
> way to support my hobby much in the same way people use Brickbay shops to
> support there's. It is definitely not a sustainable source of income by any
> means. This is also not a simple set of instructions either. There are
> about 500~600 parts and you'll probably find 10 bricks in there.
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> Here's the model:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=9143
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> If I do decide to do this, I intend to try to add as much value as possible.
> I'll be creating interactive instructions using either Macromedia Director
> or Flash and burning them onto pocket CD's. Fully designed case, MOC
> stickers, and reference pictures too.
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> In any case I wanted to ask everybody here on their thoughts. I'm kinda
> torn between just giving them out and charging for them. It's always nice
> to have a means to support an expensive hobby, at the same time it's also
> cool to get things for free.
>
> Let the discussion begin and thanks in advance.
>
> sun
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