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Building stuff out of cubes is apparently more dangerous than you might expect. That tribute to your favorite TV show or videogame that you lovingly crafted out of blocks of stone in MineCraft could land you in some legal hot water if the company that made the original is in a litigious mood. Using the full-sized replica of the Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation constructed by Hal “Halkun” Nicholas as an example, Public Knowledge reports that under US copyright law, that replica could be considered a “derivative work” and leave Nicholas open to a lawsuit from Viacom, the […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/1/1564.jpg