Robby the Robot...I'm confused

[Luuke]

I tried reading through as much as possible and I'm confused as to if anything had been established.

Is it ok to discuss or have a how-to-build Robby or Robby Builders Club?

 

[Jet Beetle]

I tried reading through as much as possible and I'm confused as to if anything had been established.

Is it ok to discuss or have a how-to-build Robby or Robby Builders Club?

Sure.

 

[wannab]

Sure.

But not here.



Doug

 

[Vaderman]

What happened to the original thread that was shut down? I wanted to re-read the "C&D" letter.
Was it pulled entirely?

 

[Commander Max]

I tried reading through as much as possible and I'm confused as to if anything had been established.

Is it ok to discuss or have a how-to-build Robby or Robby Builders Club?

According to the C&D, the answer is no. You cannot use the Name, "Robby, Robby the Robot, Robby Builders, etc"(I'm not even sure you could name your kid "Robby":lol).

What happened to the original thread that was shut down? I wanted to re-read the "C&D" letter.
Was it pulled entirely?

Yes, I would quote the C&D, but I'm not sure if I can.

 

[REL]

I thought about Robby today, but no one knows, so I'm safe.

 

[ralphee]

I have a good friend named Rob, and i used to call him Robby, sadly we have had to change that as if i was to utter the name again, i would have to live in fear, looking over my shoulder fearing the whispered sound of a silenced atuomatic pistol!

lee

 

[Darth Lee]

I have a good friend named Rob, and i used to call him Robby, sadly we have had to change that as if i was to utter the name again, i would have to live in fear, looking over my shoulder fearing the whispered sound of a silenced atuomatic pistol!

lee

I just spat Dr Pepper all over my screen :lol

 

[ItsThatGuy]

Everyone who was interested in building said "robot" should put in their signature line "Ex-member of the now defunct Robby the Robot Builders Club"

:lol

 

[ralphee]

Ah, the hell with fear, bullets can miss huh?

This all comes at a time im due to release my own studio scale Robby as a kit....its all patterned up, just need lots of rubber and resin :lol

Should be due out in a week or so :lol!

lee

 

[00MrNotWrong00]

I'm confused to but the more I hear about it the more interested I get.

 

[konar]

If you are trying to build a Robby for your own personal use, or in the sharing of information to help your friends build a better Robby for their own use, you have absolutely nothing to fear. This guy is a crackpot. There is no lawyer in the world that would take on the case. By paying a lawyer to draft the C&D , the owner of the rights to Robby was actually being taken advantage of by the lawyer. He deserves to be taken advantage of for his own infantile mentality and desire to control what you do for your own personal pleasure. Robby is a cultural icon. This guy is doing what copyright law calls trying to prove that he has a legitimate claim by protecting his rights to the property. He's completely misinterpreted what it means.

 

[Ghost Host]

I'm no lawyer, but that makes alot of sense to me. I respect FB's license, but it sounds as though he's trying to take it way beyond his legal limit.

 

[Betamin]

Just call it "Robert the Android" or "Bob the electro-mechanical man."

 

[Bug Stomper]

What about Robb-E ? :lol
Oh wait - that might cause even more trouble! :unsure

Cheers,
Stefan

 

[Apollo]

In before the bullets start flying or the lock! :lol

 

[phase pistol]

 

[IndyBlues]

I'm thinking Bobert the Robot would be a cool name. Come to think of it, why isn't anyone that is named Robert, using the nickname Bobert?? They use Rob, they use Bob,...they use Robby, they use Bobby,....so why no Bobert??

Sorry, I'm on a diet,...lack of sugar is effecting my brain in ways I didn't think possible.
Mike

 

[jtparker]

Bobert the Maytag mech

 

[zorg]

klassic!