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Re: Lego copyrights native language
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz
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Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:52:25 GMT
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message
news:3ae4c155.22724174@lugnet.com...
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> I mean, if they took words from multiple languages, that's one thing, but • if
> they all came from a single native language source somewhere, and that
> source isn't being credited, AND that source has been slighted by this AND
> is complaining to WIPO, then wow is LEGO ever being idiotic. God help • them.
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If you run the various names of people and places from Bionical through a
search engine you will see they come up with lots of hits, mainly in
reference to the pacific rim/islands
Though you would have to say it is no more an issue than calling a minifig
Jack Stone.
Are all the Jacks of the world going to be taking issue with Lego for using
their name?
regards
lawrence
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| (...) As you would expect. Let's just say indigenous people may view this sort of thing as a bit more important than non-indigenous people would. Like Todd, I thought Lego had thought these names up, even though they sounded Polynesian. Is the Lego (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| (...) I had been under the impression (as in just assumed) that LEGO made up cool-sounding names from scratch. Is this report saying that LEGO took actual words from a language of an indigenous tribe in New Zealand and isn't giving credit where (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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