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Subject: 
"Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
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lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de
Date: 
Fri, 27 Dec 2002 06:29:58 GMT
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Saw this on Brickshelf:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=30077
And found this to get a closer look at the design:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=3102058611

Now compare the photos to these:
http://lego.bldesign.org/models/gallery/?n=10&i=dscn0966.jpg
http://lego.bldesign.org/models/gallery/?n=10&i=dscn1081.jpg
http://lego.bldesign.org/models/gallery/?n=10&i=dscn0991.jpg
http://lego.bldesign.org/models/gallery/?n=10&i=dscn1036.jpg

To me, it looks like he tried to copy my design as close as he could, and just
changed a few things to make his choice of wheels fit and remove the motors.
I never got an email from him about it or anything.
Does anyone have any advice for me?  I don't know what to do...
--Bram


Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
www.bldesign.org



Message has 9 Replies:
  Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
 
I am new here, but what is it you actually complain about? SO having tried to copy your design? Isn't that what happens every day in eBay that people sell things they have not invented? They even swap parts and still claim that it is the same as set (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
  Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
 
(...) Probably not what you want to hear, but I think that the two designs are quite different enough from each other...different enough to believe that the one for auction is a completely unique design, created without knowledge of yours. After (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
  Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
 
"Bram Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> skrev i meddelandet news:H7rM1y.DFD@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) (...) As far as I can see, not a brick is the same in the two constructions! Just because yours is the first one you've seen in Lego, you shouldn't (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
  Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
 
In my opinion this is a direct copy. The only reason this differs at all from Bram's is probably because he couldn't get all the parts he wanted. To say that Bram's Diablo is a rendition of the real car is totally beside the point. Bram spent hours (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
  Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
 
(...) just (...) motors. (...) What exactly do you want? He has every right to do what he is doing. (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
  Intellectual property and the Internet (Was "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de)
 
The thread about the borrowed Lamborghini Diablo design illustrates some significant issues about intellectual property (IP) and the Internet. The facts of the matter are ... 1) content on the Internet can be accessed worldwide (we all know this, I (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
  Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
 
(...) To inject a bit of levity here, see: (URL) the notice (URL)copyright..you are not allowed to copy my design and try to (...) Not wanting to be at all mean-spirited here (I'm guessing by the spelling errors this is a younger poster) but at (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general)
  Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
 
Heavy. In my gut I know this kinda thing suckz. Its hard to put in words. Bare with me. I'd be a little put off too if its true what you suspect. When using Lego to represent certain shapes, contours and designs, for us, using the various shapes and (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
  Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
 
Well, I contacted the seller, and he apologized. He admitted that he had been inspired by my model and built a similar car. Then, in order to get rid of some white parts and Ferrari wheels, he built another copy to sell. He mentioned that this was a (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)

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