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Re: May-June 2000 Mania Magazine
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 15 May 2000 19:06:57 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Nick Goetz writes:
> I believe this is indeed the answer that many people are overlooking. The logo
> was probably copied by a fan of both LEGO and LUGNET and just wanted to do
> something fun for the group. While I agree that not giving any indication of
> where the logo originated or the fact that the image is Trademarked is an
> issue, I believe that malicious intent was not the purpose and was probably
> the mistake of one individual in charge of designing the layout of that
> particular page. If LEGO (management) knew about this logo you can bet they
> would not have let it slide. I seriously doubt a LEGO marketing director or
> someone from the sales area requested the LUGNET logo be used in the Mania
> Magazine. And you can probably bet it will not happen again.
> Personally I would probably attempted something similar myself. However, I
> would have known better than to use the image without giving credit.
>
> -Nick
Absolutely Nick,
Any decree from up high would be sure to dot the 'i's and cross the 't's.
Graphic designers being creative individuals stuck in a corporate world,
like being cheeky and and may throw in a few 'in-jokes' graphically.
We have all heard about supposed incidents in Disney films.
Maybe the donation to Lugnet was an internal Lego memo, and the designer
thought a background reference may be topical.
I certainly cannot imagine any evil intent behind the whole thing, so I hope
this whole debate is kept within Lugnet and no official action is taken,
jeopardising someone's job.
pete.w
> <cut>
> > Could it be someone there who reads LUGNET "slipped" it in to try to help?
> > Figuring it was small enough to make it through? I can't see corp.levels • doing
> > this, I'm sure they would have contacted Todd & Suz before hand.
> >
> > Tom
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| (...) That was my first concern really - big corperations don't (in general) have much of a sense of humour about such things. It'd be a shame if an in-joke cost someone their job, but considering how much time and effort Todd + Suzanne put into (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| I believe this is indeed the answer that many people are overlooking. The logo was probably copied by a fan of both LEGO and LUGNET and just wanted to do something fun for the group. While I agree that not giving any indication of where the logo (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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