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Subject:	Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct
Date:	Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:39:04 GMT
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In lugnet.publish.cinema, Tamyra Teed writes: > A company cannot control what you do with a product after you've bought > it. Once you own the product, it's yours to do with as you please. They > especially have no say in this as they've marketed sets for the creation > of these types of things. They expected you to create movies, I don't > believe they have a leg to stand on when it comes to stopping someone > from showing any of these movies. Ah, but no one here has bought the Lego trademark, only ABS. As an analogy, I could buy a case of Sprite, but if I made a movie wherein a character visibily drank from cans of Sprite, the Coca-Cola company could be within its rights to sue me for unauthorized reproduction (on film) of their trademarked can and logo designs. Of course, they wouldn't, but if the character in my hypothetical movie were depicted as both a Sprite addict and a sociopathic serial rapist and murderer they might, on grounds that I was damaging their product. I don't think that precise scenario applies to Lego movies, but that's probably the same reasoning. And so Lego has a reasonable right, IMHO, to exercise control over use of their images--particularly any depictions of their logo or distinctive pieces, such as minifigs.[1] On the other hand, I bet TLC's marketing department is spitting fire right now. "You want us to try to market a ***two hundred dollar*** toy for making Lego movies and then you shut down people who want to distribute Lego movies??!!?? That's it; I'm heading to Ritvik." TWS Garrison [1] See also http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=8127

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		Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
(...) Those words remind me of an episode of _The Young Ones_ where Alexei Sayle's character picks up a can of Coke, saying, "Ah...Coca-Cola...symbol of the free West!" He drinks the Coke, starts freaking out, and then runs around with a hatchet (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation)

		Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
"TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> wrote in message news:GAto14.Lzw@lugnet.com... (...) analogy, I (...) visibily (...) rights to (...) and (...) their (...) IMHO, (...) of (...) But if you are not reproducing their logo, only using their (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
Actually, I would say it's much, much different. I think a better analogy would be that if you bought Play-doh and made an animated film, certainly Fischer-Price (or whoever makes PLay-Doh) would not have the right to suppress your film. There is (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
I think people are missing a few key points in this discussion. Consider your average movie or television show... some of the comments made in this thread have suggested that you can't use a company's product in a movie without express permission. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)

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		Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
A company cannot control what you do with a product after you've bought it. Once you own the product, it's yours to do with as you please. They especially have no say in this as they've marketed sets for the creation of these types of things. They (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)

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