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Re: Is this legal?
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lugnet.market.theory
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Wed, 16 Jun 2004 23:28:38 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, John Gerlach wrote:
> In lugnet.market.theory, Jeramy Spurgeon wrote:
> > I found this while browsing ebay today.
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1186&item=5903599649&rd=1
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> > Is this legal? Does not seem so, but since Lego allows brickshelf to post
> > instructions, I'm not how the copyrights are handled.
> >
> > Jeramy
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> It seems pretty iffy to me, especially the part where he claims copyright!
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> Perhaps he is claiming copyright on the stuff he wrote, that's fine - but he
> makes it sound like he is claiming copyright on everything, including the
> instructions for >2000 LEGO sets.
Seems pretty clear that he's only actually copyrighting the SetDB software,
which IMO looks like a pretty cool tool, and that 'to get you started, and save
you weeks of download time' he's including scans of all the instructions in his
collection. He may not necessarily have the legal right to distribute those
instructions, free or otherwise, but they are all available from brickshelf
anyway, and any potential SetDB user is free to download them and use them in
the database, so all he's really doing is saving the buyer the hassle of doing
it themselves.
I for one would like to see a web version of it. Browsing instructions through
Brickshelf is soooo clunky unless you know the exact set number you're after.
Allister
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