Bagg

Thanks for all replies so far. My very basic understanding of copyright law accords with yours Tedbeard. It seems to me that people selling sets and figures of licensed themes are actually breaking the law - they just haven't been caught yet. Some are getting rather blatant with it. The well known sites currently selling custom minifigs of many licensed themes come to mind particularly. I'm actually surprised these have not had a problem yet as they seem to be now generating significant traffic and profit. I have a distant connection with a lawyer in the field so I'll see if I can get some definitive info from them and report back. Cheers, Bagg

Hi all, I have done an extensive EB search but can't find the answer to this question. Sorry if it has been done to death before! I have a few custom SW, Batman and HP sets that friends and relatives always ask to buy off me. I was thinking about doing a small run on ebay. I note that some folk do sell custom stuff like this but isn't it some sort of infringement? I can see how it would probably be ok to sell custom generic stuff like cars, bridges etc but TLG has expensive license contracts with various big players (Lucas Arts, film studios etc). Isn't it infringement against TLG and/or the Theme owner to release in these lines? Would the same relate to selling instructions for a themed custom set? I don't want to make $50 but end up in Jail :) ! Thanks for any enlightened responses Bagg