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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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