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Re: Stealing Brickshelf MOC's
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 20 May 2002 13:44:39 GMT
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If the person was really making a website for commentary on MOCs then he
really doesn't need permission to use the pictures. However, it is
considered polite to ask. Posting them up on Brickshelf is another matter.
Hard to say it was a "fair use" issue there. It can be tough to get out of
the mindset that Brickshelf is just disk space, when it is really a public
forum. Its just that Brickshelf works so well as disk storage for Lego images!
Anyway, I always feel I have to defend cases of legitimate fair use when I
see them. Seems that more and more copyright holders feel they have
ultimate and unalienable rights to the content they create.
Anyway, that's my $0.02. Or two bricks, or two studs or whatever.
-Alfred
In lugnet.general, Tim Tosino writes:
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> > Well, glad to see everything was worked out, but my question is why did he
> > not try to get the ok to use them? I know there have been times where I
> > wanted to contact the owner of a pic to ask a question, tell how great I
> > think it is, or something along those lines. I can usually get their email
> > by searching for them here on Lugnet. But sometimes the name on the
> > Brickshelf account will not match up with any names here, so then I am outta
> > luck. This is why I think Brickshelf needs a 'contact' link, it would come
> > in handy.
> >
> > But anyway - I am drifting... Did he try to get the ok to use them on his
> > site? It would have saved alot of confusion and misunderstandings..
> >
> > Mark P
> > http://landofbricks.com
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> Nope, Cody did not ask the permission of the two VLC members. It looks like
> an okay site so far, so Cody keep up the good work and just link to pictures
> in the owner's gallery or ask permission before you post them to another
> site. I'm glad this time the issue got more attention than it did before.
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| (...) A commentary site is certainly a legitimate thing, HOWEVER, copying an entire BrickShelf folder for use on a such a site is stretching fair use. Fair use MIGHT justify copying one picture to illustrate the article, with a link to the (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| (...) an okay site so far, so Cody keep up the good work and just link to pictures in the owner's gallery or ask permission before you post them to another site. I'm glad this time the issue got more attention than it did before. (22 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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