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In lugnet.lego.direct, Niels Bugge wrote:
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To Jake McKee or somebody else who can speak on behalf of TLC:
After the presentation of my webpage www.lego.bugge.com, I’ve received a
lot of warnings against legal problems with TLC based on the Fair Play
Policy.
A search on the subject here on lugnet hasn’tofficial statement from
TLC-affiliated people that can shed light on the question; the only place
I’ve seen subdomains mentioned is in a post by Tobbe Arnesson
http://news.lugnet.com/modelteam/?n=953 claiming that using lego in
subdomains is illegal based on the
Fair Play Policy
which, however, doesn’t mention anything about subdomains, only domains:
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The LEGO Trademark cannot be used in an Internet Address
The LEGO trademark should not be incorporated into an Internet address.
Internet addresses have become useful tools for people to identify the
source of a homepage. Using “LEGO” in the domain name would be creating the
misleading impression that the LEGO Group sponsored the homepage.
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Yes, using the word “LEGO” anywhere in the domain or sub-domain is a no-no. It’s
the full Internet address as you quote from the Fair Play, not just the root
domain. Confusion about ownership of the site can still result even if “LEGO” is
in the sub-domain as much as in the main domain. (Not all Internet users are
savvy enough to separate the two). The only exception to this is that we’re
talking about the site address, not the directory structure. So...
www.lego.mysite.com = bad
www.mysite.com/lego = fine (although not preferred if avoidable)
Hope this helps!
Jake
(From Denmark)
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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Development
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| (...) I just wanted to add while I am fairly net savy, and I first thought www.lego.bugge.com was related to TLG somehow - like Pitsco, or something. Mainly because 'lego' came before 'bugge' and because I dont know what 'bugge' refers to. For all i (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| Dear all First of all I'll thank Jake for settling the question wether lego in subdomains is legal or not. Secondly I'll thank everybody (and especially Michael) for taking the time to explain why: Being immersed in the busienss of domain names and (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Jake, thanx for your comments but there are still some unclear points: "lego" as a word is clearly registered by the company and therefor cannot be used in domain or subdomain names. But "lego" as part of a word should not be registered in (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| To Jake McKee or somebody else who can speak on behalf of TLC: After the presentation of my webpage <www.lego.bugge.com>, I’ve received a lot of warnings against legal problems with TLC based on the Fair Play Policy. A search on the subject here on (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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