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In lugnet.general, Kevin Loch writes:
> When I saw these images I suspected that they might violate the
> BrickShelf TOS. I conducted a brief investigation and determined that
> they appear to be images of a current LEGO vendors catalog. In addition
> they appeared to show products that have not yet been known publicly.
>
> A similar event occurred last year on LUGNET, and LEGO expressed in no
> uncertain terms that they object to the publication of information
> taken exclusively from current vendors catalogs.
>
> http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=12365
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> In light of those statements, It is my opinion that the images in question
> constitute "trade secrets" and posting them without permission is
> in violation of the brickShelf TOS #7f:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/terms.html
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> Determining that a post is a "trade secret" is a difficult task and normally
> I would do nothing until a complaint was received from an involved party.
> In this case the facts were sufficiently clear on their face to
> permit deleting the files prior to any complaint.
>
> If LEGO does not in fact object to the images in question,
> feel free to upload them again.
>
> Kl
I didn't think that anyone would go posting about these pictures on Lugnet
yet. I was going to, but only after I found out if it was okay. Having the
specific pictures to see would have made this easier, but I'll try without.
I saw the catalog in a store, where it was sitting openly on the cash
register desk. I asked the store manager if I could look at it, and was told
"that's what it's there for." After perusing it for about fifteen minutes I
asked if I could take pictures of some of the pages, and was told to go
ahead. Seeing as they didn't have anything to hide, and keeping in mind the
furror caused in the past about such things, I thought I was being careful.
I didn't post "entire" catalogs, (this is definitely a limited extract from
the catalog), so I didn't think I was breaking Brickshelf's TOS either.
Sorry if I've caused a problem. I'm trying to get official permission to
repost the pictures, and will let everyone know what the outcome is.
--
David Schilling
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| When I saw these images I suspected that they might violate the BrickShelf TOS. I conducted a brief investigation and determined that they appear to be images of a current LEGO vendors catalog. In addition they appeared to show products that have (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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