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Re: Can we say, "Plagiarism"?
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Date: 
Mon, 2 Aug 1999 17:42:17 GMT
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It would seem that I was in the wrong place  :)   I was looking in the
regular gallery, not the THEME gallery.   But it's pretty bad when I still
managed to find the same situation, although with a different model!



Greg Majewski <citrusx__@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:FFu8Gr.17M@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Troy Cefaratti writes:
> > Greg,
> > 
> > Being the curious one, i went to check this out.  I did NOT find the apc • you
> > have listed among the choices for this months model in the Builders • Gallery.
> > 
> 
> As soon as I posted here, I immediately e-mailed the Lego Web Club, so • they may
> have done something about it. I haven't checked the site today, so I am • going
> to look myself, but I KNOW that I saw Greg Williams's vehicle there last • night.
> Greg Majewski
> citrusx__@yahoo.com
> http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888/
> > I did, however, see "large tracked vehicle", from this site:
> > http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Runway/1604/bigtread.html
> > 
> > This is listed in first place, and was submitted by an 11 year old from
> > Canada.  This is obviously not the case.
> > 
> > This model can alse be seen on the Expert Builder site at
> > http://www.execulink.com/~apotome/archives/m0010.htm
> > 
> > It's making me wonder about the validity of the contests on the Lego • site.
> > (Admittedly, I've wonder about ALL online Lego contests, as there really
> > isn't a way to determine if the person actually made the model.)
> > 
> > Troy
> > 
> > 
> > Greg Majewski <citrusx__@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:FFt8o3.87z@lugnet.com...
> > > Hello,
> > > While going through some of the current official Lego design contest • entries
> > > held on their site, I came across a startling discovery: The model in • first
> > > place has been on the web for as long as I can remember, and it also • belongs to
> > > Mr. Greg Williams. However, it says on lego.com that it was made by • some
> > 10
> > > year old kid. I invite you all to go to this link,
> > > http://www.mindspring.com/~gregw/images/apc-left.jpg , and tell me that • the
> > > model in first place on www.lego.com is not the same thing. If any Lego
> > > employee or site maintainer or something is reading this, I ask you to • please
> > > regard this message. Either remove the model from your contest all • together, or
> > > give proper credit to its rightful creator.
> > > Greg Majewski
> > > citrusx__@yahoo.com
> > > http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888/



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  Re: Can we say, "Plagiarism"?
 
(...) As soon as I posted here, I immediately e-mailed the Lego Web Club, so they may have done something about it. I haven't checked the site today, so I am going to look myself, but I KNOW that I saw Greg Williams's vehicle there last night. Greg (...) (27 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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