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Subject:	Re: Rail Runner Update (was Re: One New Train in Two Liveries-- Your opinion)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade
Date:	Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:19:26 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis wrote:

SNIP

I am wondering if this license acquisition of a brand identity is the first for an AFOL? Do the members of the LEGO Professional/Affiliate program obtain licenses if they model brand identities? What will be the consequences and benefits? In some ways I feel like I have gone “big-time”. In other ways I feel, I’m so small, our LEGO Train Hobby isn’t that big, have I opened a can of worms for all MOCs that bear a real road name or resemble a real life train?

I really wish I could source the bricks for this train in a more economical and efficient way than from my own personal collection, BrickLink vendors, and retail set purchases.

I’m hoping LEGO Train Factory will soon make this wish come true. Anyone have an estimate of when that will be coming along?

Maybe acquiring the Rail Runner license is a step forward toward legitimizing the serious desire to design, build, and make available custom train sets? Well, here’s to hope that getting the license is the right decision.

I’m sure there are a lot of other questions, issues, and opinions regarding obtaining licensing agreements to model brand identities. Any thoughts?

later,

James Mathis

Again, thinking about LEGO Train Factory, what if we aren’t allowed to submit things that resemble prototypical livery? Does anyone know if there are any railroads that don’t mind if you use their livery without getting a license? What about fallen flags?

Later,

Paul

PS: James, Great train! If I only had the cash...

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		Re: Rail Runner Update (was Re: One New Train in Two Liveries-- Your opinion)
--SNIP-- (...) I suspect that recreating a livery out of bricks would be very hard to prosecute as it is an artistic interpratation rather than a direct copy of copyrighted and/or trademarked intellectual property. That said, it would probably (...) (19 years ago, 11-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)

		Re: Rail Runner Update (was Re: One New Train in Two Liveries-- Your opinion)
(...) This is a big issue in the model train industry right now. Most fallen flags have become the property of other railroads as they aquier the defunct railroads. A good example is the Union Pacific. Which aquiered the Western Pacific and (...) (19 years ago, 12-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)

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		Rail Runner Update (was Re: One New Train in Two Liveries-- Your opinion)
(...) Thank you all for your input regarding the livery of Rail Runner and Brick Built Trains, the signature autograph, and target audience. I have decided to acquire the Rail Runner license. I am currently working with MRCoG to finalize the (...) (19 years ago, 11-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)

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