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Whoops...off-topic.geek for the printing stuff, off-topic.debate for the
legal stuff? Wherever!
In lugnet.trains, Matthew Gerber writes:
> OK...who knew this would be a hot-button issue? Geez!
>
> Legal issues:
> • Yes, someone scanning the sticker and e-mailing it to Richard would be
> 'illegal'
> • I meant the "back-up for personal use" line as a joke-spoofing the age old
> audio and data back-up issue
> • BUT, as long as Richard isn't going to mass produce the stickers for sale
> to the public, he won't be in any kind of trouble, and neither will anyone
> else (I'm an alumni of Kinko's, the Lord High Ruler of the Kingdom of
> Copyright-Cover-Your-Ass, and even we knew that people wouldn't really get
> in trouble for making one color copy of a page of a library book for their
> own personal use...It's usually called common-sense rather than a loop-hole
> in copyright law, but accomplishes roughly the same thing. LEGO would not be
> defrauded in ANY way by Richard having a TIFF version of the My Own Train
> stickers on his system, or if Richard printed them out once or twice for his
> use. Sure he might not buy ten of the sets just to get the stickers, but,
> honestly, who would begrudge him that? Perhaps LEGO needs to get on the ball
> with support sevice-packs that are just stickers? I hear they need to make a
> profit or something.)
>
> File Issues:
> • EPS is the best file format to use for everything, since extra data about
> the file (especially advanced color info) is stored right within the file.
> TIFF (and the lesser formats) are re-interpreted every time they are opened,
> differently depending on which program they are opened with, and will be
> slightly different each time. The only caveat to this is that most home
> ink-jet printers will not print EPS files (which are handled by PostScript
> printers) and then TIFF is the best option (unless printing our of
> Illustrator to an ink-jet, where Illustrator handles the file raster in
> software and delivers a good print regardless).
>
> Matt
>
> FUT lugnet.off-topic.geek
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