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Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
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lugnet.animation
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Tue, 27 Mar 2001 07:55:13 GMT
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In lugnet.publish.cinema, Peter Guenther writes:
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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
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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. Whoever provided them may have been acting outside their
> authority if it later went to higher levels who took a different stand.
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> Peter
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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. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)
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