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Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 6 Dec 2000 23:23:53 GMT
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> As long as I credit the creator, and am not republishing or selling their
> work, then you're out of luck trying to sue me. If I build a model based on
> pictures of your model (which, unless I buy the instructions, or otherwise
> obtain them, is all I have to go on), then that is a derivative work, by
> definition. So long as a credit my inspirition, well, tough noogies,
> there's not much you can do about it.
That's like saying, as long as I credit the band who wrote the song, and don't
sell the CD, I am not breaking copywrite when I copy a CD.
It ain't so, and I think it is fairly plain to see that that is not so.
As for the comment above, perhaps I should have said, as I did in a later post,
that after all other recourses have been used, I would consider further
action... (that is probably a better wording...)
James Powell, Bricksmith
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 | | Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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| (...) Nope, that's not what I'm saying at all. I'm probably not being clear enough. To mirror your analogy, I'm saying that as long as I credit the band who wrote the song, and don't try to sell or republish the song, I can sing the song myself, as (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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| (...) Well, I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think you've got much of an argument here. As long as I credit the creator, and am not republishing or selling their work, then you're out of luck trying to sue me. If I build a model based on pictures of (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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