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RE: Legal ramifications of posting? (Was: Re: A campaign for sun and planet gears)
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:15:43 GMT
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Original-From:
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Bruce Powell <bdp@optushome.com!NoSpam!.au>
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Dah,
I Thoufght the origional Idea of the Posting was to get Lego to make these
parts!!!
So I think the poster of a part Idea, would be estatic if Lego started
making them.
Yes there are legal issues, but in this situation, easily resolved.
To Clear them up, the poster could add, Please LEGO make my parts. etc.
Bruce
> -----Original Message-----
> From: news-gateway@lugnet.com
> [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
> Of Johannes Keukelaar
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 7:07 PM
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Legal ramifications of posting? (Was: Re: A campaign for sun
> and planet gears)
>
>
> "SB" == Simon Bennett <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> writes:
>
> SB> I have a plan to go back over these posts and compile a list,
> SB> perhaps to suggest that we could model some in LDRAW so we can see
> SB> how they might work. What do people think?
>
> What would the legal ramifications of such an effort be?
>
> I've heard, for example, that in the Babylon 5 newsgroups (a science
> fiction tv show), where officials of that show also participate,
> posting story ideas is a definite no-no. This because if such a story
> idea was posted there, and a similar idea was later used in the show,
> the show might potentially be sued by the original poster, claiming
> that his ideas had been stolen. In other words, if, against all odds,
> a story idea does get posted to said newsgroup, nothing remotely like
> it can ever be used afterwards in the show.
>
> Of course, that question is academic, since the show has been
> terminated. Lego, however, is still in business, and, we all hope,
> will stay in business for a long time to come, so in relation
> to Lego,
> this question is very much not academic.
>
> What, then, are the legal ramifications of posting ideas for new
> pieces in a forum where Lego officials participate? What, for that
> matter, are the legal ramifications of posting MOCs in such a forum?
>
> After a detailed discussion of some new piece X, possibly, as
> described above, complete with .dat file describing the piece in
> tremendous detail, how would Lego feel about making such a piece, or
> even a similar piece? After a post describing, say, a Technic cement
> mixer, possibly, again, complete with .dat file, how would Lego feel
> about producing a Technic cement mixer as an official set? (Or did
> even this suggestion rule out that possibility?)
>
> From the other side of the fence: If somebody on Lugnet suggested a
> new piece X, and two years later (say) a set was produced
> containing a
> piece very similar to X, how would the original poster feel? If, two
> years from now, a new Technic set was released that was very similar
> to a MOC posted here by poster Y, how would poster Y feel?
>
> Note that this is a what-if scenario. I'm not suggesting that Lego
> really would 'steal' somebody's MOC. It would still, I think,
> influence Lego's behaviour.
>
> Does this not suggest that participation by Lego in these forums
> (which, I imagine, is something we all appreciate) has consequences
> for what can be discussed here (which, I imagine, is something we
> might appreciate a good bit less)?
>
> Just my 0.02 Swedish crowns,
>
> Johannes.
> --
> "In film you will find four basic story lines. Man versus
> man, man versus
> nature, nature versus nature, and dog versus vampire." -
> Steven Spielberg
>
> <insert funny description here>
>
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