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In lugnet.space, Patrick Justison writes:
> What in the way of dislaimer should I post on the site? I was wodering
> about this before I put it together, but wasn't sure what I should do.
> Would something like this be appropriate:
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> Set Number Disclaimer
> The set numbers used on this website are fictional and are not sponsored by
> the LEGO group of companies.
> LEGO® Disclaimer
> This is an unofficial LEGO® web site. LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group
> of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site. You can
> visit the official LEGO® site here.
>
> Thanks for all of the wisdom Todd,
> Pat J
IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer) and this is not legal advice, but the safest thing
to do (IMHO) would simply be not to use 4-digit LEGO set numbers -- not just
from a legal standpoint but also from a viewer confusion standpoint. Some
other hard questions: How do 4-digit LEGO set numbers help viewers anyway?
Do you really want to take the chance of appearing as though you believe that
your MOC's are so darn great that they should've been official sets? (I think
what you've got up so far is really special and super-great, but is it your
intention to project arrogance, mild or strong?) What if other people start
making MOCs and giving them faux 4-digit LEGO set numbers? How would you feel
about collisions? What if LEGO resurrects the Space system in 2006 and ends
up using those numbers? What if one of those numbers had actually been used
by LEGO once upon a time in a really rare set that we don't know about yet?
(6855, for example, might very well have been an Exploriens set that never
got released.) What if the numbers you picked aren't consistent with the
numberings that LEGO would have used at the time the Blacktron theme was
available? For example, LEGO never would have used 6918 at that point in time;
except for 6901 in 1980, the entire 6900-6919 & 6960-6969 sub-ranges were left
mysteriously unused until 1997-98, while all other sub-ranges of the 6800-6999
range were in use throughout the 1980's.
Do what you want, but I get a funny feeling when I see fake set numbers.
--Todd
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