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Re: Trademarks & Copyrights (Swimming pools & movie stars)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 30 Jan 2002 04:33:38 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Richard Marchetti writes:
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> (side note: I don't think being a GOB member has anything to do with what
> kind of builder Suskind is, we have to take each designer on their own).
Well from what I know of GoB (as an outsider) the two are inextricably linked -
people are invited to join the GoB based on what they've built.
> In general I object to the commercialism of the many lugnet newsgroups,
> that's not why I read them. Marketplace is certainly the place to post about
> new MOCs or what-have-you for sale, trade, or whatever -- but that doesn't
> give any one person or group the right to monopolize the newsgroup.
No, it doesn't, however if one person (or group) has a lot to say about a
particular subject it may be appropriate, at least temporarily. If a group
seems to be "taking over" a newsgroup, perhaps it's time to start looking at a
new area for that group.
> Previously this thread was spread across three of the Marketplace newsgroups
> for something that was arguably of interest only to a very few persons, or
> worse -- thinly disguised and somewhat excessive promotion for GOB.
I didn't see anything promotional, though I may have missed some posts. I would
say the people most likely to be interested in it would likely be reading the
groups it was in, so I see it as totally appropriate.
> I think of Lego as a DIY hobby, and the whole idea of GOB seems to run
> counter to that. YMMV, but that still doesn't give GOB any rights beyond
> what everyone else can or should expect in terms of abusive posting in a
> newsgroup. Lengthy discussions about their trademarks, etc seemed beyond
> what should be expected in the marketplace newsgroups. Maybe a newsgroup
> should be created for MOC kits and sales theory -- otherwise it's kind of
> obnoxious to place this stuff alongside official lego stuff. And if it's
> not, I'd like to see the dinstinction between official and clone disappear
> immediately -- because GOB is not official.
From what I've seen, most of what goes on in the .market groups is not
"official lego stuff". It's about buying & selling LEGO, which is also, to a
large extent, what GoB is about. They don't build with megabloks (at least they
don't sell such creations under the GoB name AFAIK).
Though maybe there is room for a group for "MOC kit sales" somewhere. There
seem to be quite a few people doing it now.
ROSCO
(shoving it back to debate)
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