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Farlie A wrote:
> Ideas and postings on LUGNET ny me may be freely used for non-commerical
> purposes by readers of LUGNET (in the development of design concepts and new
> ways of building with LEGO(R)) & for accademic purposes with appropriate
> citation.
>
> They may also be used by The LEGO Group.
> If a member of thier design tema wishs to contatct me I can be reached by
> email at ba124@city.ac.uk or through the Dept of Computing, City University,
> London, UK.
>
> They may not be used for the development of clone brands in rival to
> Lego(R) bricks.
Well... this is ideal, of course... but is it actually enforceable?
Even if the information has already been copyrighted, copyright does not
protect against independant discovery. Since the information presented
on lugnet is practically impossible to trace as to who did or did not
ever happen to see it, if an idea is mentioned here, and then a clone
manufacturer happens to do it, who can say for sure that they got the
idea from here in the first place? Nobody. Patents do a good job of
protecting a person against independant reinvention, but you cannot
patent an idea.
> > Mark
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| (...) No. There's no way to prove that Joe Blow, who at some point in the future comes up with say a custom model of a large "beachfront" house, got the idea to produce it from this thread, and specifically from the author in question. But even if (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) My understanding is that you can't copyright an idea either: copyright protects an *expression*, ie a poem, a computer program, a piece of music. Writing a program to print a calendar means you have copyright in the program, but not the idea (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) A note from the authour of the post.. The formality was essentialy a header note to anyone from lego who reades this post. FYI- Leters that are formal usally take longer to write and are somtimes clearer than 'falme' postings written in a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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