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Snipped everything out, but... Unless you 1) use the LEGO logo; 2) present the film as official production of TLC; 3) use LEGO products in the endorsement of something else, TLC has no right to say what can and can't be done with their products. I (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) <snip> (...) Quite right (assuming the resolution is too poor to distinguish the "Lego" printed on each stud ;-). Someone who uses Lego *bricks*, and identifies them only as "plastic building blocks" or something of the sort would probably be (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ...did not NECESSARILY sign... (...) True, true. Not in and of themselves. But we don't *know* what contract was signed, exactly. Were I LEGO(r), I would put a clause in any contract, after the concentration camp incident, that gave me control (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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They may have provided materials, but the creators did not sign a contract stating they would not distribute it because of this. I hate to argue this point too finely, but providing the materials has nothign to do with the copyright of the words or (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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Actually, I would say it's much, much different. I think a better analogy would be that if you bought Play-doh and made an animated film, certainly Fischer-Price (or whoever makes PLay-Doh) would not have the right to suppress your film. There is (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think Lego is more upset that he is trying to make a profit with the film. I saw nowhere that he said that Lego told him he could *not* make the film, just that he could not put it out to make a profit out of it quote from the other site: (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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"TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> wrote in message news:GAto14.Lzw@lugnet.com... (...) analogy, I (...) visibily (...) rights to (...) and (...) their (...) IMHO, (...) of (...) But if you are not reproducing their logo, only using their (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Those words remind me of an episode of _The Young Ones_ where Alexei Sayle's character picks up a can of Coke, saying, "Ah...Coca-Cola...symbol of the free West!" He drinks the Coke, starts freaking out, and then runs around with a hatchet (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) Ah, but no one here has bought the Lego trademark, only ABS. As an analogy, I could buy a case of Sprite, but if I made a movie wherein a character visibily drank from cans of Sprite, the Coca-Cola company could be within its rights to sue me (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That is good logic. There's a flip side to that logic, however: LEGO markets a kit that has really bad equipment and will allow the purchaser to make really sub-bush-league films. It probably rankles them to see someone making a good-quality (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yeah, this is an important point. Note what the filmmaker says in his post: "The film was completed with the cooperation of the Lego corporation and they even provided some of the materials" They made the film with official Lego materials. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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A company cannot control what you do with a product after you've bought it. Once you own the product, it's yours to do with as you please. They especially have no say in this as they've marketed sets for the creation of these types of things. They (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, as TLC provided materials, then they can stop this particular film. If someone were to use thier own Lego pieces there is nothing legally TLC could do so long as thier Logos are not used. This is at least true in the US. I am not a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) I think this link points to what he's talking about: (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:3ABF5935.C98C83...est.net... (...) news (...) the (...) start? (...) it (...) TLC. (...) Well even if Lego wont share the information, the guys who are being threatened by Lego are. Just read (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Can we have the link to see what's so disturbing about it. Eric. (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) Nope, it was One: A Space Odyssey. Two different films done by two different people. I think that LEGO is way overstepping its bounds on this one...especially if they want to foster goodwill with the fan community. -Tim (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) Was it the film entitled "2001: A LEGO Odyssey"? Maybe TLC was just upset about the name and not about the content... (?) --Todd (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) Alex, even if these rumors were true, I doubt that that is the kind of information that TLC would be willing to share publicly-- seems to me that it is none of our business and a private matter between the producers and TLC. But as always, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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