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Re: Lego logo on auction pages? (Was: Soft Bricks on ebay!)
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lugnet.market.theory
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Tue, 4 Jun 2002 22:24:28 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.market.theory, Mark Papenfuss writes:
> Actually, he offered that I might post it on his behalf (he actually can't
> post to this newsgroup, since Lego reps must, by design, post only in the
> Lego Company's area on LUGNET. Here's what he sent me: (from
> Jackob.McKee@america.lego.com)
> ======================= BEGIN EMAIL ===========================
> David,
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> Hey there! Since I can't reply directly to this thread, I thought I would
> respond to you via email. Please feel free to post this answer, if you like.
>
> To answer your question:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/market/auction/?n=9284
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> no, the LEGO logo is not allowed to be used by anyone other than The LEGO
> Company, or those it specifically authorizes to do so. Sure, if you are
> showing a box shot that has a logo in it, then that is fine, but using the
> logo to "dress up" your page is not allowed. For more details on this,
> please see the Fair Play policy at:
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> http://www.lego.com/eng/info/fairplay.asp
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> Let me know if you have any other questions.
>
> Thanks!
> Jake
> ======================== END EMAIL ==========================
>
> > I am sorry, but for now I am have a somewhat strange
> > feeling about this. If they had a problem with it I just do not understand
> > why they would email you and not me.
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> I honestly don't think it's much of a problem... My take on it has always
> been merely that it's "impolite" to use an artistic rendition of their logo
> (ie not just a photo of a box with the logo on it or some such) without
> express permission by TLC. They could most likely persue it further if they
> wished, but I doubt it's really all that big a deal to them. If you get an
> email from them, though, I guess that answers the question! :)
>
> DaveE
And I still have not gotten a email from Lego, so I guess its ok. But I have
read that page that was linked to and it talked about personal sites and
unofficial web sites - but this is neither one of those. I am selling Lego
on Ebay. (that and the following goes to answer Erik Olson as well). I
consider an unofficial web site as something like Brickshelf, Lugnet, my
site and even Jake's site - not a auction page on Ebay. IMHO they are 2
completly different types of pages.
So I will keep checking my inbox for the email, but really, I think a 7 day
auction for official Lego products is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy under their
radar scope. I think people have to sit back and think when things such as
this have reached the level of over-reacting and just taking things too far.
Mark P
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