lawlessbricks

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by lawlessbricks 6y ago
> The existence of the system would have no bearing on the copyrightability of any work created out of the parts they designed and connected using their system. I would love examples of this -- as I think it's the crux. I've lo
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by lawlessbricks 6y ago
Embodied: be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling). If I create a lego model, and put it in front of you, and give you the blocks you need to create that model, is the model not a tangible emb
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by lawlessbricks 6y ago
> However, some of these ways are aesthetically or mechanically interesting, and are up to the designer to discover. For the US: Copyright protects original works of authorship, while a patent protects inventions or discoveries. Ideas a
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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,
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by lawlessbricks 6y ago
This all hinges on if their work is the sculpture itself, or everything around it, if the sculptures of made of lego bricks are recipes.
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by lawlessbricks 6y ago
My current theory (not a lawyer) is that a sound recording is 1 expression of the idea (captured in that specific way). That makes it copyrightable. I think Lego falls under merger doctrine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2
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by lawlessbricks 6y ago
I've actually reached out to that Lawyer and am waiting to hear back. :)
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by lawlessbricks 6y ago
Right, but do the creators of MOCs have rights to the layout of the Lego, or just the instructions and images they use to present that work? (It's unclear hence me hoping a lawyer in the HN community takes a look. :)
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by lawlessbricks 6y ago
> If it's a copy of someone else's Lego model (or equivalent) that's not your work and would infringe theirs. If I build the lego plane in the example above out of Lego bricks I own, have I infringed on Lego's copyrig
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by lawlessbricks 6y ago
> Wouldn't this logic imply that operating systems are not copyrightable, or that works created using products from Adobe Systems Inc. are not copyrightable? Operating systems are copyright as literary work AFAIK. You can copyright
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by lawlessbricks 6y ago
> I'm assuming the original LEGO bricks are out of patent (which may be relevant here as well) but other parts may not be. My understanding is patents protect Lego from other entities reproducing brick designs based on their pate
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by lawlessbricks 6y ago
> After all, LEGO is just the medium for an expression here, and by creating something with LEGO as that medium you have made a (hopefully) original work. Again, I'm not a Lawyer, but I think this is covered by merger: https:/
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Ask HN: Are works created in Lego copyrightable?
56 points by lawlessbricks 6y ago|47 comments