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Subject:	Re: (_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date:	Tue, 21 May 2002 15:19:04 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes: > In lugnet.castle, Tamyra Teed writes: > > Believe me.. be thankful you don't have the ability or are forced to buy > > these sets.. I've seen Shifty's quality, and it sucks rocks. (big ones).. I > > can't believe how blatantly they've stolen Lego's pictures and slightly > > modified them. One would think Lego could go after them just in that > > respect... > > I don't think Lego can go after them very effectively because of the lack of > strict laws about that kind of thing in China. That is correct. Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and many other east Asian countries do not observe/enforce international copyright laws. That is why bootlegs are so common everywhere over there except Japan. Jeff

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		Re: (_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_)
(...) Arrgh! Nothing more annoying than cheap knowkoffs, especially of Castle Sets. Can anyone tell me exactly why china (or other asian countries for that matter) don't enforce copyright laws? It's like this, what If you took the harry potter of (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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		Re: (_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_)
(...) Indeed. The quality is abysmal; Shifty bricks are made by cheap press molding (the same technique that gives you the cave in 6099 Traitor Transport). Yick. I don't think Lego can go after them very effectively because of the lack of strict (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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