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Am I the only that is wondering why we are talking about this to the detail
that we are since Lamborghini should be the one that should be worried about
an image that I would venture to guess that they own a copyright to?
Also, aren't there a very limited number of ways that something can be built
using existing Lego bricks to depict something from the real world? And if
we all agree that this is the case, then it is very possible that 2 people
could come up with something similar, since they are both using the same
model to build from?
Just my 2 cents...
Ray
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In lugnet.market.auction, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> In lugnet.market.auction, Kerry Raymond writes:
> > What if someone uses your MOC photo on brickshelf to create their own model or
> > something similar? Copyright protects the image, not the idea that the image
> > may represent. To protect ideas, you need a patent. Because of the cost of
> > taking out a patent, most of us would not patent our Lego designs unless we
> > expect to make a lot of money from them. Even if the image is not of the
> > finished MOC but is instead instructions for building your MOC, it is still the
> > text/images that is protected by the copyright, not the actions described by
> > the text/images. In this case, someone else cannot copy/print the instructions but they can look/build from the picture/instructions.
>
> This doesn't make much sense to me. If I create a sculpture, for example, I
> own the copyright to the sculpture, because it is a unique creative work,
> right? So if I build a MOC, I have the copyright to the MOC, not just the
> pictures of it...
>
> Suppose I wrote a short essay. Then I take a photo of the essay and post it on the Internet. I own the rights to that photo. Someone else comes along, and decides they like the work, so they type part or all of it up, and then publish it. To me, that's plagiarism. But, from your point of view, I only owned the rights to the photo, so the second individual had every right to copy the idea presented in the photo.
>
> Is there something I'm missing here?
> --Bram
>
>
> Bram Lambrecht
> bram@cwru.edu
> www.bldesign.org
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| (...) This doesn't make much sense to me. If I create a sculpture, for example, I own the copyright to the sculpture, because it is a unique creative work, right? So if I build a MOC, I have the copyright to the MOC, not just the pictures of it... (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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