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Hi folks, this months theme in the theme gallery at www.lego.com is "trains": (URL) of the entries is this engine, which looks somewhat familiar to me: www.lego.com/gallery...7351699.jp g The builder as given at lego.com is a just 12 year old boy, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That has to be a pirated picture, as I've also seen it somewhere else too. Too bad that LEGO doesn't check authenticity, whoever DID make that engine will find out soon enough. I'm gonna try to find it's true creator and then inform them of (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I can't exactly place it, but I agree. That engine, in that color scheme does look familiar to me as well. (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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The picture is from Ben Fleskes'web site. See: (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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If I was Ben I'd be pretty pissed. -- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) Hayes <bobhayes1@aol.com> wrote in message news:GAI86J.4Fo@lugnet.com... (...) 9.jp (...) a (...) so I (...) net, or (...) and (...) 9.jp (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Has anybody mailed Ben (PNLTC) about this? Probably he still doesn't know anything... I tried to contact him, but his mail address (as given on PNLTC sites was no longer valid). Kind Regards, Ben (FGLTC) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ben has had a response from Lego about it already. James (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I also tried to email him, lets hope that he gets something fom this. -Harvey (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ya know, funny thing.... when I read the original post I was kinda hoping it would be one of mine. I keep thinking "when is someone going to steal my stuff." I feel so left out. Apparently, my work isn't good enough to steal (pout). Chris (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) stuff." (...) I think that's not too funny if someone steals your pictures. In some cases pictures of mine have been pirated for auction purposes. I think that was even worse than the TLC piracy. Some people asked me if I had additional nicks (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Too bad Ben didnt copyright it. If he did he would have a case in court. Although he could just send a nasty letter to the kid about pirating. And note that it isnt me in there. My screen name is StarCrafter2. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I don't think it's a matter of copyright so much as fraud. It's not like the kid used some else's design; he actually used a photo of someone else's model and claimed it to be his own. jt (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Maybe we'll have to put our names in big bold letters across the pictures!? I've put my name in the corner before, but that would be to easy to crop out... Josh (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I didn't say that it was funny that the picture was stolen. The "funny thing" was my initial thought/hope that the picture was mine. If it had be mine I would have chuckled and immediately contacted LEGO to ask them to remove the picture. I (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey Kai, I think I'll have to agree with you on this one.... I think it plain stinks that someone, even a kid would pawn something as nice as this as their own....it is your basic fraud ---> passing someone else's work as your own.... in school (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) But, picture pirating is still possible, with a good printer, and glossy paper, some one could just print it for the lego train contest. Josh I'm still thinking about the name across picture idea... (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I usually don't even fire a warning shot when this happens. If my logs show a picture being hit a lot for something that I'm not currently auctioning, and I can track it to an open auction on ebay, I replace the picture with a nasty picture, (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Although Ben's MOC is the best entry in that contest, I didn't give it a single vote. Why? To deny that snotty little brat (the rip-off guy) any credit that Ben should get instead. -Harvey (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Guess I should probably chime in here somewhere. It's unfortunate this happened, but I take such things in stride. Actually the whole thing kind of makes me feel pretty good. Why? Not because someone chose one of my designs to steal. But because (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) He did. Twice, actually, since he built it and then photographed it, and I believe should hold copyright to both the model as a piece of sculpture/art and to the photograph he took. See (URL) however, that he would have to register (for $30) (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) pictures (...) I just have overtaken Will's idea, how to handle picture piracy for this auction: (URL) guy has used my picture and has directly linked to my homepage... ;-) Even more funny is his "me"-site: (URL) says women love him because he (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I saw the pics he posted of "himself." Not remotely impressed. He needs to steal better "beefcake" photos as well. Katie (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I wonder what he'll do? Josh (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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