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Re: Another questionable decision from lego...
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 13 Oct 2004 04:12:22 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Markham Carroll wrote:
> I just read one of the news articles on the Newgrounds website (place
> where people upload Flash and stop-motion animations) that said they had
> to delete over 100 Lego stop-motion animations because it was demanded
> by Lego's lawyers. The origional news post:
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> "There was some bad news this past week... Despite there being national
> festivals for Lego movies, Lego didn't seem to appreciate the work by
> fans here on Newgrounds. I had a nasty confrontation with their lawyers,
> who wanted the Lego stuff removed.
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> A lot of times I fight this stuff, but in this case * it... If Lego
> doesn't appreciate their fans, then I don't want to promote their toys
> anyway. I was a Constructs kid myself. So I deleted over 100 Lego
> submissions. I did regret it afterwards, but now it's done. We had some
> really great submissions, and rarely were they crude in nature."
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> Does anybody at Lego have any explanation for this, or was this another
> "nobody will notice" thing?
Well not knowing any details, I'd suggest they probably asked for the word LEGO
to be removed from the animations, and because that was too difficult the Tom
guy probably decided to delete them instead. I've never heard of TLC asking
people to remove pictures of movies containing actual bricks, just their trade
name. But I'm just guessing.
And Tom is conspicuous by his absence in the thread on newgrounds.
ROSCO
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| (...) NOTE: This is not an official LEGO response (see the email addy I used), so all that disclaimer type stuff applies. Also, this is not based on anything but my own observations and not official LEGO policy. It took me about ten seconds to see a (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Another questionable decision from lego...
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| (...) The two main justifications that I know of for the LEGO lawyers to get on your case are: 1. Trademark infringement. Sounds simple, but many people mistakenly think they're okay, only to find out later that they're not. Possible infringements (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| I just read one of the news articles on the Newgrounds website (place where people upload Flash and stop-motion animations) that said they had to delete over 100 Lego stop-motion animations because it was demanded by Lego's lawyers. The origional (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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