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Subject:	Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct
Date:	Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:38:34 GMT
Reply-To:	johnneal@uswestSAYNOTOSPAM.net
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Lawrence Wilkes wrote: > > Again the opposite. Car companies seem to fight to have their cars displayed > this way. It's called advertising. Cars featured in this way *sell cars* for those car companies. > In the credits it normally says "cars supplied by Ford, etc" > Look at the prestige attached to supplying James Bond's car, which is > usually driven like a maniac and eventually pummeled to bits! > > Lego should be PAYING folks to have their bricks featured in films, not > trying to stop them. Why in the world should TLC *pay* fans to play with their products? That would be very bad, because TLC wouldn't exist much longer with that marketing strategy (amazing; a strategy even worse than juniorization;) Maybe TLC would choose to pay for a major motion picture to feature their product, but they would expect a benefit (more sales). Fans playing with LEGO *already* bought the product-- where's the benefit for TLC for paying? -John > > > regards > lawrence

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		Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:3AC348E7.531E34...est.net... (...) would (...) Heheh. (...) I agree. And TLC quashing fan-made films, for profit or not, is very bad PR. At least TLC should work with fan made films and develop (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:3AC348E7.531E34...est.net... (...) would (...) Because that is called marketing. Not saying pay everyone! - just the best. If they gave the most creative builders an incentive to create (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
(...) IANAL either, but what IMHO could be actionable by TLC would be a film about juniorization using Lego bricks to demonstrate. Just think of the depression and general negativity such a film could generate. But in all seriousness, if TLC thinks (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)

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		Re: TLC/TLG about to supress fan created films?
"Matthias Jetleb" <jetleb@netcom.ca> wrote in message news:3ac170e2.730407...net.com... (...) It seems quite the opposite in fact. Companies PAY to have their products featured. It is probably more about the prominant display of logos than the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)

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