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Re: is the lego group exploiting its user base?
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:06:26 GMT
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Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.&ihatespam&com>
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DanL08@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 1/31/99 10:45:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> aecarol@ix.netcom.com writes:
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> << But you can make a contract with their parents who must register at the
> sight.
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> I think this is really a a non-issue. I doubt the LEGO group is going to be
> scanning these forums for great ideas, but rather are probably protecting
> themselves. If they happen to have something similar in the works they
> won't have to worry about being sued for it. >>
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> This is more likely the case. You can only imagine how many unsolicited
> ideas come to them on a regular basis.
Yup. Ten year-olds send them ideas for hydraulics (not that I, the
forty year-old Russell Nelson, would ever have done such a thing). Of
course, back then, they were more naive (or the legal climate was more
sensible) -- they acknowledged reception of the idea and suggested
that I was headed for success.
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| In a message dated 1/31/99 10:45:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, aecarol@ix.netcom.com writes: << But you can make a contract with their parents who must register at the sight. I think this is really a a non-issue. I doubt the LEGO group is going to be (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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