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Re: Understanding Leaks
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 7 Jan 2003 20:50:39 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> As to your examples, the first, second, and fourth would constitute "leaks".
> These are supposed to be communications between Lego and the stores. The
> first two are scans of a catalog that was supposed to be sent to stores, and
> the Marz site is for wholesale distribution (notice that the prices are for
> crates of multiple sets). The third one you mention (Kotoro Ono's report
> from a Lego show) is not a leak, as this was a public show for fans. It was
> a mistake on Lego's part, though. Apparently they weren't supposed to
> display those sets, but once they did, it was an official Lego display, so
> you can't really call it a leak.
Hm. Apparently I'm a bit more liberal in my categorizations, as Bruce does have
a valid point in LEGO/store communications.
A counterpoint to this, though would be while the first two could constitute
leaks, the Marz site would not...to a certain extent, placing anything on the
internet is basically opening up the item(s) for perusal by anyone, especially
if there is no security measures (like passwords) in place.
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> The definition of "leak" at fbtb is anything that wasn't published in a
> Lego publication for the general public (catalog, Lego Magazine, those
> inserts that come in sets, etc), displayed at a Lego show (e.g. the annual
> Toy Fair), published on Lego.com, or published with permission on another
> site (e.g. fbtb.net).
Thanks for the clarification!
Joe Meno
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| (...) Joe, My definitions were more based on the usage at fbtb.net, where there is a strong "no discussion of leaks" policy. Bruce (21 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| Paul, The policy at fbtb is that there should be no discussion of leaks. The policy at lugnet, on the other hand, is pretty much anything goes. So feel free to discuss these here at Lugnet, but refrain from doing so on fbtb. As to your examples, the (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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