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Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms"
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Fri, 21 Dec 2001 03:40:41 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Jacob Sparre Andersen writes:
> News from the Danish Broadcasting Corporation yesterday:
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> http://www1.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/article.jhtml?articleID=46165
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> (my translations)
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> »Minifigs having sex and going to gay bars is not a part of
> Lego's values«
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> Thomas Reil, The Lego Group says:
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> »It is something we distance ourselves strongly from. Therefore
> we will attempt to have it stopped, if it is legally possible.«
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> While I understand The Lego Group's dislike of having LEGO
> associated with anything but smiling kids and parents, I doubt
> that they have any possibility to stop these animations. They
> can of course limit the association of the animations with them
> through trademark laws.
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> Play well,
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> Jacob (who isn't a lawyer)
> --
> http://jacob.sparre.dk/LEGO/Transport/Tog/
Isn't this kind of nice...We have dialogue concerning gender issues of
minifigs. How innocuous!
Bert Waters
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| News from the Danish Broadcasting Corporation yesterday: (URL) translations) »Minifigs having sex and going to gay bars is not a part of Lego's values« Thomas Reil, The Lego Group says: »It is something we distance ourselves strongly from. Therefore (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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