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Re: New VLC Logo Idea -- TLC's reply
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Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:19:57 GMT
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> Guys.... Lego has to protect their IP. That includes their trademarks
> (be that the word Lego or the image of the brick). If they don't, those
> things will morph into the public domain... so that in the end Megabloks
> could advertise themselves as "Lego". Not what we want, right? And these
> issues had already been publicised on LUGNET when Tim was working on the
> LDraw logo for Kidvention. We contacted their lawyer for clarification
> and that is what we got... quite politely, I thought, although lawyerly.
> That's the person's job. The fact that we buy a lot of Lego and "pay
> their salary" has nothing to do with it. Nor does that fact that there
> are lots of logos out there with bricks in that Lego hasn't noticed yet
> make it OK... does the fact that 90% of the cars on the freeway are
> speeding make it legal?
The voice of reason. I agree with you 100%, Kevin. If my tone was
too harsh in my reply, I apologize (are you listening, TLC?). I've
just never liked the legal crud that we are all forced to put up with
(for our protection, mind you) because of the host of unscrupulous
types that think nothing of pushing whatever limits are in place. The
other 99% of us are happy to use our common sense and decency, and get
along just fine. Just gets a little frustrating.
> I guess in a way this is my fault since if I hadn't pointed out the
> LDraw logo precedent we could have pretended we didn't know, not asked,
> and just gone ahead. It might have been annoying later though, when Lego
> got around to asking for all the brick logos to be changed.
Not at all. I thought it was a great idea to check with them.
Unfortunately, I naively assumed that they would be more supportive
right off the bat. However, I realize that TLC support and respect
are earned commodities. Perhaps after we've been around a bit, had an
event or two, and generated some actual, measurable, consistent
positive feedback for TLC, they will perhaps be open to a more
supportive role. Other clubs have certainly experienced this, so
there's no reason to believe that ours would be any different. Here's
to the future!!
Robin
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