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Re: Has anybody seen this engine before?
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:56:17 GMT
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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
In lugnet.trains, Kai Brodersen writes:
> 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.
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> In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
> > > "James J. Trobaugh" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If I was Ben I'd be pretty pissed.
> >
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/1857/newdiesel.htm • In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> > > > > > http://www.lego.com/gallery/theme/vote.asp
> > > > > >
> > > > > > One of the entries is this engine, which looks somewhat familiar to me:
> >
> > > 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).
> >
> > 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 on eBay, because they knew about
> > my pictures (I often uses the same background for lots of my pictures and
> > people recognise those as mine).
> >
> > I have been really angry about those guys, who did that: all my stuff on the
> > homepage is in perfect condition and everything is fine. So the high bidder has
> > to think he will get perfectly mint stuff if he bid in an auction with stolen
> > pictures.
> >
> > In one case someone auctioned "my" 7745, but he hasn't been aware that the set
> > on my page showed 2 middle cars! So trouble can be predicted...
> >
> > If I find someone to steal my pictures I will immediately force him to delete
> > the pictures: if he uses even my homepage as recourse, I exchange the pictures
> > against something annoying, be sure I can be creative. ;-)
> >
> > If the person has uploaded that picture elsewhere I contact the provider and
> > make them delete the picture within shortest possible time. I can be really
> > agressive if my rights are harmed.
> >
> > I think pirating pictures is not funny in any way (even if it might be
> > somewhat charming). :-/
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > Ben
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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. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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