Thursday, January 12, 2012

LEGO CUUSOO Age Restriction

So, LEGO CUUSOO, the design what you want, post it, and let 10000 people support it service has restricted full privileges to adults. This is due to legal binding housekeeping they don't want to impose. I'm OK with it as I probably won't have much eye candy until I turn 18 anyway; besides you don't want one with 10,000 supporters blown away because the creator is too young and his parents may be snobbish brats and hold him off. The email I received, with no personal information but my name, is reproduced below.

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Hi Tolga,

Thank you for being a member of LEGO CUUSOO (http://LEGO.cuusoo.com/).

The LEGO CUUSOO Terms of Service and Project Guidelines have been updated, and
you now must be at least 18 years old to create a Project. We determined this
change was necessary for the legal agreement required should a project reach 
the 10,000 supporter threshold.

You're receiving this message because our records state you are under 18 and y
ou currently have a project or draft project on LEGO CUUSOO. In accordance wit
h the TOS change, any published projects you own have been un-published and ar
e no longer visible on the site.

You have not lost any of your work; we have not and will not delete your proje
cts. You can still access your projects via the Projects tab on your My Page, 
and you can re-publish them when you turn 18. When you do, you won't lose any 
supporters. When you re-publish your project, the supporter count will show th
e same number you had before.

If you have questions, please first check out the LEGO CUUSOO blog. If the pos
ts there do not answer your question, email us by replying to this message.

LEGO CUUSOO blog
http://LEGOCUUSOO.posterous.com/

We realize this is disappointing news, and we're sorry. You are, of course, we
lcome to keep supporting other projects and leave comments to encourage the cr
eators. 

Thank you,

The LEGO CUUSOO Team

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