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Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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Date: 
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 17:21:10 GMT
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Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:
I wonder...perhaps one could make a good profit with such models sold
through eBay (or even a "Star Wars Idea CD" or something like that)?  We
could end up with a cottage industry of modules for building themed models,
sort of a merchandised and (icky word) canonized version of the free-flowing
idea exchange we do here already.  Such releases wouldn't necessarily hurt
the free exchange of ideas, provided that we recognize instruction sets as
being copyrightable (are they?) and don't use .dat files without
permission.  (This is sort of what Larry was getting at with putting his
hopper into a kit, except marketing variant instructions rather than entire
kits.)

This is just something to throw around--maybe worth thinking about?

This has already been done in book-form, right?  Didn't Richard do
something like this for his school/class?

I think a paper version could work, but I think a digital version
would be easier to do.

I know I'd be willing to pay for a few dozen themed instruction sets
for MOCs that have been LDrawn, and I bet others would too.

--
The parts you want and nothing else?
http://jaba.dtrh.com/ - Just Another Brick Auction
Why pay eBay? Run your own LEGO auctions for free!
http://www.guarded-inn.com/bricks/



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(...) I wonder...perhaps one could make a good profit with such models sold through eBay (or even a "Star Wars Idea CD" or something like that)? We could end up with a cottage industry of modules for building themed models, sort of a merchandised (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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