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Re: Selling someone else's work on Ebay
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:18:26 GMT
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Well, IANAL, but I would think that by putting the step-by-step directions on a
public website you’re encouraging people to build a globe of their own.
(Great model, btw - I might have to build one!)
But, I also think that the seller should give you credit, since it would appear
to be a direct copy of your model.
Of course, the seller doesn’t want his non-AFOL audience to know they can build
their own globe just as easily as he did...
I’d put a copywrite notice in your Brickshelf gallery. Something simple like:
“feel free to use these directions to make your own copy of this model, but only
for non-commercial use.”
JohnG, GMLTC
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| Out of curiousity, a couple times a month I search Ebay, looking for people selling LEGO creations of mine. Sadly, I often come across one or two a month. These people either claim it as their own, or make no mention that they copied the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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