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Re: Copyright issue
« on: April 29, 2011, 03:08:52 PM »
Was just reading the thread in the mini pins and wg closing the guy down awhile ago and had this thought.

How would this scenario pan out for argument sake. I want cabinet decals for a T2 and have scans (which I don't but let's pretend I do). Also the cost side of things is somewhat prohibitive to go to print etc etc. Would things still be breaking copyright if a group of us all owning T2's got together and did a mass print?

If this didn't contravene copyright couldn't this be done for other parts.

Interested in the flaws in my argument

I imagine that distribution of the digital artwork (scans) would contravene copyright, much like the situation with Gottlieb Pinball Manuals.
Then again someone would have to prove that you got the artwork from somebody else.
It does seem silly sometimes that other parts that a licensed distributor doesn't have available for sale (and never will have) can still be controlled by them.