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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 23:18:12 GMT
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Derek, since you’ve come out of the woodwork, let’s have it out.
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#1 I have more than 20 years experience with brick. Why did you assume that
your creation had been copied? You didn’t even ask if it might be similar
in design. YOU, sir, started with the rudeness as evidenced by your first
communication to me.
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Are you serious? I assumed you used my instructions since it is exactly the
same. Looking at images side-by-side, I see one or two bricks out of place.
The other 2,387 are exactly as my instructions dictate. So if you did alter a
handful of pieces, it is still 99.9% mine. Do you seriously think taking
someone’s creation and changing it .1%, or adding a base, sufficiently alters it
enough to call it your own? I think the alterations are just mistakes you made
when you used my instructions.
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#2 although the two creations are very similar, there are subtle differences
that make this creation unique, and therefore not a copy.
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Uh, right. I’ll include comparison pictures at the bottom of this post. People
can compare and see for themselves just how “unique” this is.
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#3 Your futher communications to me were blatant ad hominem attacks without
basis, based on your first incorrect assumption.
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OK, here’s my assumption: You used my instructions to create a LEGO sculpture
and sold it on eBay without my permission.
A few months ago Nathan Sawaya used my instructions to create a globe. He
altered the instructions so the globe was more colorful. He added it to his
website here:
http://www.nathanbrickartist.com/the_world.html
And you know what? HE GAVE ME CREDIT. That is what was lacking on your
auction. That simple thing would have avoided this problem. I find it bizarre
that you won’t admit to copying it.
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What is truly SAD is that this supposed Adult fan of lego needs to stoop to
the level of insulting my parents. Yes, thats really mature.
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My first email to you said 1) I was not happy that you were selling my work, 2)
you should give me credit on the auction, and 3) you should at least plug my
website since you profited from my work. YOUR subsequent emails with rude
comments like “wrap your head around that” is what made things get nasty. Your
emails boil down to... “no, I didn’t copy your work, it’s a coincidence that
they are identical, and even if I did, what are you going to do about it?”
That’s how things got ugly.
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I’m too tired to post much, and to f’ing handicapped to care anymore. But I
wanted the record set straight.
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I’m not really sure what you set straight.
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As an aside, all of the proceeds of the auction will be donated to the
Multiple Sclerosis Society. Another fact that Mr Sanders left out in his
communication.
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Where does it say that in the auction? If you want to give to a charity, great.
You don’t need to do it by selling other’s work. My elementary school was just
on the news recently because we raised over $2,100 for the tsunami relief fund.
I personally donated far more than your auction went for. Amazingly, we did it
by hard work, and not by copying and selling other people’s work. That’s
sarcasm in case you missed it again.
Corey
www.brickitgood.com
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| (...) Don't forget that - the map of the earth is quite static, it's the same for us all - the way to produce circles and spheres with Lego have been published many times. Taking this in consideration, it would be quite difficult to produce two (...) (20 years ago, 23-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| Ok, I wanna chime in here--in a nutshell, I can find faults with both of ya. (...) Ok, When I was in college (circa 1997), we wanted to use some trademarks, but without paying a licensing fee (T-shirt sales for a scholarship). We were told by the (...) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Let me clarify a few things here. #1 I have more than 20 years experience with brick. Why did you assume that your creation had been copied? You didn't even ask if it might be similar in design. YOU, sir, started with the rudeness as evidenced (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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