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    T-shirts (was Re: hats) —Christopher L. Weeks
   Hi all, Are any of you knowledgable of restrictions that would be placed on including Lego images on a T-shirt? Can I take a POV rendering of a spaceship built of Lego, and use it as T-shirt art? Does any kind of credit have to be given to Lego? (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: T-shirts (was Re: hats) —Bram Lambrecht
     (...) (Please correct me if I'm wrong) As long as you don't include the word LEGO anywhere and use your own model, no one can prove it is LEGO and not just some arrangement of polygons that you came up with. Therefore, it should be perfectly legal! (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: T-shirts (was Re: hats) —Todd Lehman
     (...) IANAL ("I Am Not A Lawyer") so take this with a grain of salt, but for the most accurate and safest answer, consult an attorney who specializes in trademarks and trade dress and that sort of thing. Generally, if you produced original artwork (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
    
         Re: T-shirts (was Re: hats) —Christopher Masi
       (...) I have a feeling that whether you are leagally allowed to use the image or not the LEGO Group would ask you not to use it. Chris (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
     
          Re: T-shirts (was Re: hats) —Todd Lehman
      [Removed lugnet.market.shopping from 'Newsgroups' header and added lugnet.publish] (...) Not necessarily. I'm positive that it depends highly on the specific imagery and usage. Suzanne and I had a meeting with a couple TLG attorneys in October of (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
    
         Re: T-shirts (was Re: hats) —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) OK, show of hands... who here didn't see that acronym as regular words at first? And... who here doesn't fit those words?? I sure do. :-) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: T-shirts (was Re: hats) —Mike Stanley
      (...) I know I do. (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: T-shirts (was Re: hats) —Jesse Long
      Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36D87CCB.5C067FF8@v...er.net>... (...) The lawyer part, or the other part? I guess either way the answer is yes. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: T-shirts (was Re: hats) —Jasper Janssen
     (...) I've seen the acro too often to read that as I ANAL if that's what you mean. And I think I fit it, though, at least in some respects.... Frex, I can't _stand_ badly_formatted/gram...apitalised Usenet posts. Jasper (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: T-shirts (was Re: hats) —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) ^^^...^^^ Spelling errors are OK, though, right <evil grin> ? (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: T-shirts (was Re: hats) —Jasper Janssen
     (...) Would you believe I noticed that right as my finger was descending on the S key? anyway, 's not a spelling error. 's a typo. Jasper (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: T-shirts (was Re: hats) —Scott Symer
   (...) Just don't render your spaceship with a pool of blood around it or anything... heh heh Scott (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
 

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