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Re: Technic MOTM needs a new name.
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 4 Mar 2002 22:15:57 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Paul Hartzog writes:
> well, here's my 2 cents:
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> 1) no one can own words. An artist (I forget her name)
> presented Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities IN ITS ENTIRETY,
> to make precisely that point. In the ensuing court battles,
> she won. (no joke)
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> 2) Model of the Month does not imply anything other than Model
> of the Month. now if u called it Ldraw's Model of the Month....
> that would be different, but you aren't.
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> 3) There are tons of sites around w/ Model of the Month or whatever.
> In fact, if we allow for Model of the Month to become an issue, then
> conceivably someone could get on Tim's case for "Model of the"
> if they had used those 3 words before somewhere, which inevitably
> results in "the" becoming a point of contention.
For the record, I agree with the word ownership sentiment. I did not at any
point in time imply a word ownership in any legal sense. I simply made a
polite request of someone and explained why I was making that reqest.
Tobbe happened to accept my request, out of his own free will. No big deal.
Had he disagreeed and told me he would not comply, I realized at the time of
writing the original message there was not a lick I could do about it, nor
should do about it.
I understand other publications have the words 'Model of the Month,' but you
also should look at context. Within the LEGO community, LDraw.org started
with the use of those words and the contest associated became quite popular.
Model Railroader, etc have a different context around their competitions and
spotlights. No, neither I, nor the nebulous LDraw.org owns those words, but
it is a community respect issue in my view. Tobbe happened to share the
same view and accepted the request graciously.
I hope that from here on out, people (not necessarily Paul) will be able to
make CONstructive comments, not DEstructive ones.
-Tim
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| (...) And re-reading this, it could be interpreted that I thought Paul was being destructive. That's not what I meant. I meant to exempt him from that and say that I felt his comments were constructive. Doh! -Tim (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) well, here's my 2 cents: 1) no one can own words. An artist (I forget her name) presented Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities IN ITS ENTIRETY, to make precisely that point. In the ensuing court battles, she won. (no joke) 2) Model of the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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