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Re: Brick Testament in Trouble?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:03:39 GMT
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> Grumble. Well, your assessment is correct (based on precedent), but I
> still don't like it!
> Here's a more abstract question--if I buy a LEGO product, am I
> automatically entering into a "fair use" contract respecting TLG's ideas of
> propriety? Would this hold true even if I were a minor? Or how about if I
> used Best-Lock or Coko or Oxford figures, which at a glance are
> indistinguishable (to the uninformed viewer) from true LEGO minifigs?
> Here's another hypothetical; Suppose I use MegaBloks to make a huge mosaic
> based on a graphic pornographic photo, and suppose that my mosaic is
> popularized via Internet word of mouth as "that dirty picture made with
> LEGOs," can LEGO take any action against me? How about if I include a
> disclaimer at the top of the page?
Call it "art", and you can do what you like! ;)
Is there a right to free speech in Legoland?
Scott A
> I'm not trying to be absurd, but to what extent is TLG reasonably allowed to
> go in protecting their propriety?
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> Dave!
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> > (moved to off-topic.debate)
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> Doh! I thought I did that. Sorry, all!
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| (...) I'm glad you put a winky there-- that is one of my hot buttons-- "artists" hiding behind the First Amendment while they purvey filth and obscenity-- and then *I* have to support it! (NEA in the US) (...) What about TLC's rights? You know, (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Grumble. Well, your assessment is correct (based on precedent), but I still don't like it! Here's a more abstract question--if I buy a LEGO product, am I automatically entering into a "fair use" contract respecting TLG's ideas of propriety? (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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