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Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
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lugnet.animation
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Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:37:25 GMT
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> > > > I think that LEGO is way overstepping its bounds on this one...especially if
> > > > they want to foster goodwill with the fan community.
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> > > > -Tim
> > > > 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 lawyer but I have studied US copyright laws quite a bit for my own
> knowledge.
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> -Mike Petrucelli
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. Whoever provided them may have been acting outside their
authority if it later went to higher levels who took a different stand.
Peter
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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: (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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