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Re: T-Shirts -- A possible solution?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 22 Oct 2000 17:44:07 GMT
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On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 19:32:28 GMT, Mark Sandlin <sandlin@nwlink.com>
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> > From: mcase@metrolink.net (Mike Case)
> > Are there any other options?
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> > --I'm not sure, but I do have an idea I want to propose. What if
> > someone were to make a classic space diorama out of some of the sets
> > and took a picture of it? Could that picture be used for a T-Shirt
> > without endangering the Lego group's copyright/trademark protection?
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> Doubtful. My shirts had a "picture" of a CS dude. They aren't going to
> respect your diorama picture any more than my CS dude.
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> Oh sure, you could make one for yourself, but don't try to sell any.
My thought is that the space guy image was basically a direct copy of
a TLG property and the diorama picture is different because it would
be covered under the fair use policy.
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| (...) Me too. (...) Nope. (...) I think TLG was following the letter of the law, which unfortunately isn't the same as the spirit of the law. My shirts were harmless, and they wouldn't have affected anything. (...) We can hope, but I'm not counting (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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