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Re: Ebay acution - Potential Fraud?
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Sun, 2 Apr 2000 17:31:09 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Scott Runkle writes:
> Even if he did copy this picture off your website, you have no copyrights to
> it anyway, because you scanned in a copyrighted photo from a Lego brochure.
I thought it was a photo of a set box that we were discussing.
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> As far as copyrights, it only covers original work you've done, not pictures
> or brochures someone else has produced. Also, copyrighting is often only held
> up legally if you've registered your copyright with the Library Of Congress.
You might want to check with a good IP or copyright lawyer on this, I have
heard differently. Of course, if you ARE a good IP or copyright lawyer, feel
free to carry on.
++Lar
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| (...) Nope. It was a photo of the assembled set, sitting in/next to the box, on the person's dining room table. The photo on the offending auction has been changed (possibly because the seller of the original auction complained to eBay?), and the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| Even if he did copy this picture off your website, you have no copyrights to it anyway, because you scanned in a copyrighted photo from a Lego brochure. As far as copyrights, it only covers original work you've done, not pictures or brochures (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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