Discussion Forum: Terms and Policies: Message 1460707
 Previous Message   Next Message 
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Mar 22, 2024 07:53
 Subject: Re: Question about sets in studio
 Viewed: 26 times
 Topic: Terms and Policies
Cancel Message
Cancel
Reply to Message
Reply
BrickLink
ID Card

SylvainLS (46)

Location:  France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Member Since Contact Type Status
Apr 25, 2014 Contact Member Seller
Buying Privileges - OKSelling Privileges - OK
Store Closed Store: BuyerOnly
BrickLink Discussions Moderator (?)
In Terms and Policies, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  I noticed that the studio terms say that you can’t post creations of sets released
by LEGO.

Precision: You’re talking about the “Studio Gallery terms,” not the “Studio terms.”

For Studio itself: You can do whatever you want with Studio if you keep your
creations to yourself. And if you distribute the results (free or for a fee),
whatever the support (.io file, PDF, paper, vellum, qipu…), IP laws apply.  That’s
the same restrictions as with a pencil.


  Is that a no LEGO sets at all, or a no direct copies that you can make money
off of?
[…]
Also it says no brand names yet on the published studio creations I see dozens
of brand name cars, and movie based creations.

What’s going on?!?!?

Complete explanations:
https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042355033-Studio-Gallery-submission-guidelines

Summary/rewording:

1. There’s different levels of access:
— Private: the design is not on the Gallery.  My Studio, the place where you
upload your designs, only serves as a private repository (“in the cloud”).
— Display: the design is on the Gallery, but other members can only see images
and a 3D view.
— Full: the design is visible to all, other members can have the parts list,
can use EasyBuy, and (if you opt in) can download the .io file.

2. What’s forbidden (religion, military, violence, brands logos…) is set to Private
by the admins.

3. What’s IP protected is set to Display (or rather, is not accepted to Full). 
IP (mostly) means copyrights and trademarks.  That includes anything that says
it is, or obviously is, based on someone else’s brands or designs.

So, for official sets:
— If you build an official set in Studio and put it on the Gallery, it’ll be
Display.
— If you build a MOD of an official set (“hey, look what I built with the parts
of set XXX”), it’ll be Display.
— If you build a MOC that complements an official set (“hey, look, a 3rd floor
for modular 10xxx-1”), it’ll be Display.

Message is in Reply To:

View Thread Question about sets in studio - Saitobricks.ca (37)
I noticed that the studio terms say that you can’t post creations of sets released by LEGO. Is that a no LEGO sets at all, or a no direct copies that you can make money off of? [...]
(2 months ago, Mar 21, 2024, to Terms and Policies)

Message Has 1 Reply:

View Thread Re: Question about sets in studio - Saitobricks.ca (37)
[...] So I can publish released LEGO sets so long as no one can download them?
(2 months ago, Mar 22, 2024, to Terms and Policies)

10 Messages in this Thread:

 Msg 1 - Saitobricks.ca (37) 2 months ago Mar 21, 2024 to Terms and Policies
 Msg 2 - 1001bricks (52394) 2 months ago Mar 21, 2024 to Terms and Policies
 Msg 3 « - SylvainLS (46) 2 months ago Mar 22, 2024 to Terms and Policies
 Msg 4 - Saitobricks.ca (37) 2 months ago Mar 22, 2024 to Terms and Policies
 Msg 5 - SylvainLS (46) 2 months ago Mar 22, 2024 to Terms and Policies
 Msg 6 - Saitobricks.ca (37) 2 months ago Mar 22, 2024 to Terms and Policies
 Msg 7 - SylvainLS (46) 2 months ago Mar 22, 2024 to Terms and Policies
 Msg 8 - Saitobricks.ca (37) 2 months ago Mar 22, 2024 to Terms and Policies
 Msg 9 - SylvainLS (46) 2 months ago Mar 22, 2024 to Terms and Policies
 Msg 10 - Saitobricks.ca (37) 2 months ago Mar 22, 2024 to Terms and Policies

 Previous Message   Next Message 

Entire thread on one page
This message and all its replies on one page