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From what I've learned, Even if the recipe was in a video, You cannot make a video in the same "style" but the recipe itself is not copyright, so if you made a
by lawlessbricks 6y ago
From what I've learned, Even if the recipe was in a video, You cannot make a video in the same "style" but the recipe itself is not copyright, so if you made a video of that recipe yourself that was different (different set, different host, different music) you'd have copyright on that video, but neither you nor the original video creator on the recipe itself.
This is how I think it applies to lego as well, but as we see from the comments here a lot of other non-lawyers like me are surprised by that.
When I started this question in my head a few days ago, I absolutely 100% thought creations made from lego designs were copyrightable, but through my research, I'm now at this point.
- extra88 6y agoA sculpture made out of Lego is not a recipe for making that sculpture. A photo of the sculpture is not a recipe. You can't "clean room" copyrighted works, if you coincidentally made an identical plane (same parts) without having ever seen their plane or instructions, you could still be infringing on their copyright. There are limits, just as you can copyright a story but not a sentence, there are likely combinations of bricks that are too simple to be copyrightable. Copyright holders can grant blanket permissions for use of their works, or derivatives, with certain parameters. What you're going to do with your copy of a work matters, that's where fair use (or "fair dealing" in some nations) may come in. Whether commerce is involved matters. Some things are technically copyrighted but are considered to have no value; a court may not grant damages but could still compel the defendant to stop distributing the work.