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In lugnet.loc.uk, James Stacey writes:
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> My Bro' in law was telling me he had read somewhere about TLC getting sued
> by some tribespeople somewhere for using their sacred tribal names for the
> bionicle range. Has anyone else heard anything about this or is it a bunch
> of schwa
> --
> James Stacey
> www.minifig.co.uk
G'day,
yep, I think it was the Pacific Island area that was against TLG on
this...In fact I believe it is a group of Maoris who were taking TLG to
court on it. The reason, as I recall, was that TLG was trying to
'copy-right/trademark' the names of the Bionicles, when the names were taken
directly from the Pacific Islanders gods or something like that, and it was
getting into how far a company can go in naming products based on some-ones
beliefs and then trying to prevent whatever name being used, even possibly
in its original context. [though I could be wrong.]
Benjamin Whytcross
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