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Re: Surely this is not legal
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Wed, 3 Jan 2001 18:29:15 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Tim Courtney writes:
> It doesn't look legal to me - the reason being the prominent LEGO logo
> displayed with their 'Just Imagine...' trademark on the top, acting like it
> was something officially put out by them. There is no disclaimer except the
> fairplay mention at the bottom stating that all the sets are out of
> production. Pretty shady IMO.
That COULD be illegal.... but...
As far as I know, I can host a big image of Lego on my server and even put a
disclaimer that says "This IS an official Lego site", and there'd be nothing
illegal about it... Lego might not like it and they may try and fight me
tooth and nail, but I don't think it would actually be illegal. Most people,
though, would simply be courteous enough to respect Lego's wishes or be
scared into thinking that there WERE legal consequences.
Important note, however. If you host images somewhere, whoever is providing
that namespace, server, or disk space may have something to say about it.
For example, if I had a Geocities site with a prominent Lego logo or
something, Lego could approach me, and if I refused, Lego could go to
Geocities and ask that they remove the site. And they could force me to
remove it.
But, I do agree. It is very discourteous, although not illegal unless it
goes against Ebay's regulations (or whoever is hosting their images'
regulations), which it might.
DaveE
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| Richard Schamus <legoman34@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:G6G36G.1uB@lugnet.com... (...) It doesn't look legal to me - the reason being the prominent LEGO logo displayed with their 'Just Imagine...' trademark on the top, acting like it was (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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