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Subject:	The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms"
Newsgroups:	lugnet.mediawatch
Date:	Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:06:33 GMT
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News from the Danish Broadcasting Corporation yesterday: http://www1.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/article.jhtml?articleID=46165 (my translations) »Minifigs having sex and going to gay bars is not a part of Lego's values« Thomas Reil, The Lego Group says: »It is something we distance ourselves strongly from. Therefore we will attempt to have it stopped, if it is legally possible.« While I understand The Lego Group's dislike of having LEGO associated with anything but smiling kids and parents, I doubt that they have any possibility to stop these animations. They can of course limit the association of the animations with them through trademark laws. Play well, Jacob (who isn't a lawyer) -- http://jacob.sparre.dk/LEGO/Transport/Tog/

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		Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms"
(...) ...but arming minifigs with pistols, rifles, crossbows, bows and arrows, swords, knives, spears, lances, dynamite, and other implements of destructions which in real life cause horrible pain and misery is apparently in-line with their value (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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(...) In the "good old days" minifigs were essentially sexless. They all pretty much looked the same with the same smily face. Before that, minifigs didn't have movable arms or legs, so they looked like little people in body casts. Today's minifigs (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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I've never even heard of these animations. Are they something new, or just some obscure little files that no one ever paid attention to until now? If kids are watching them, then yes, that's bad. I imagine, however, that those of us in LUGNET are (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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(...) And there was I thinking that the Guarded Inn has always looked a bit on the camp side... Jennifer (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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I wonder how this will affect the Brick Testament? The Bible has some very interesting stories... KL (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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I am shocked and disgusted at anyone who would be immoral and low enough to display these films on the Internet. Even though I have not watched them, I have learned enough reading this thread. It is not right for anyone to display this trash (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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(...) minifigs. How innocuous! Bert Waters (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)

		Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms"
Hello folks, Some of you may know me, others may not. I'm Jason Rowoldt, the founder and webmaster of the site www.brickfilms.com. Someone posted this article and the associate press frenzy in the Danish media on the forum of Brickfilms.com. We have (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch) !!

		Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms"
(...) Ug. I was trying to read through all the posts on this thread, but I started getting a bad taste in my mouth. I want to go back and get the good feeling that Brad's posts have given me in the Lego Direct newsgroup... As far as the legality of (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)

		Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms"
The scariest part of this whole announcement to me - and something that very few people in this discussion have touched upon - is that for the first time, The Lego Company is telling us what we can or cannot build with Lego! Think about this! Modern (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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