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Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread...
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 7 Aug 1999 20:44:51 GMT
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johnneal@uswest!saynotospam!.net
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We stand on the shoulders of others...No man is an island...There is nothing
new under the sun....or some such platitudes;-) All seriousness aside, IMO no
one has a copyright on an idea of how to use bricks in a new and unique way.
The idea would be to take what has been done, and either apply it in a new way
on a new MOC, or take the idea and improve it. And besides, imitation is the
sincerest form of flattery:-)
-John
David Leese wrote:
> Having seen the length Plagiarism thread that's been running
> on .general lately, it led me to thinking...
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> At what point - in your own opinion - does getting inspiration from
> another person's model become copying it? Supposing you see
> a novel way of connecting two pieces together - this happens to me,
> typically with TLG sets that demonstrate a new idea. I can't think of
> one offhand, but I used to use the 8x4 plate car base in the same way
> each time until a new model showed a new way of thinking.
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> I suppose you could say that a model "Draws on inspiration from Mr Smith's
> model," and that it resembles somebody elses, or shows a strong
> Martian influence...
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> I haven't been able to see any of the models mentioned in the Plagiarism
> thread, so can't comment directly, but how much room is there for developing
> an idea?
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> What do you think?
>
> David Leese.
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| Having seen the length Plagiarism thread that's been running on .general lately, it led me to thinking... At what point - in your own opinion - does getting inspiration from another person's model become copying it? Supposing you see a novel way of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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