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Re: By the way... I got my shirt.
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Date: 
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 22:01:21 GMT
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If you send me the files, I'll re-create the t-shirts under my own
cafepress.com shop.  Lego will have to hunt me down in Canada if they want
to shut it down. :)  Maybe a few more people can get orders in.

--


Paul Davidson

Mark Sandlin <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message
news:B621AA82.6864%sandlin@nwlink.com...
From: "Markassius" <mark.de.kock@NOSPAM.home.nl>

You know, the moment I read your post anouncing the T-shirts, I ordered • one,
thinking that LEGO would stop you as soon as they got a chance. They • did.
Unfortunatelly, they stopped you before my order was fully processed. • Them's
the breaks. I just hope that LEGO (TLC/TLG) got the hint and will start
manufacturing those T-shirts...

I kind of doubt it. See, the point is, a lot of AFOLs love Classic Space.
Most kids nowadays don't know anything about CS. LEGO markets to kids,
regardless of how many thousands of dollars a year AFOLs spend. • (Personally,
I've spent around $1000 this year on LEGO, more than 99.9% of parents,
that's fer sure) I do give them credit for making some sets available via
S@H that AFOLs wanted, but that's a long way from  producing the kinds of
sets we want.

The way I see it, I was merely providing something to a handful of fans • what
couldn't (and likely won't anytime soon) be provided by TLC.

Unfortunately, this came up on the Copyright Radar.

I guess the source of my bitterness in the matter stems from the fact that
TLC is so quick to protect their copyrights that they don't stop to assess
whether what I was doing was actually harmful.

Was I competing with any LEGO product?

No.


Was I trying to pass off my shirts as true LEGO merchandise?

No.


Was I affecting the sales of their merchandise in the marketplace?

No.


Would my T-Shirts have affected the market view of their products?

No, unless someone in their Dark Ages saw one and decided to go pick up a
new set. Oh wait, that might be a good thing, huh?

Oh well, at least their copyrights are safe again.

~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego




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  Re: By the way... I got my shirt.
 
While I appreciate the offer to make more shirts, I don't wish to create an enemy of TLC. I'd rather they get our point by reading our posts, and not by us becoming a legal nuisance. thanks anyway, ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)

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(...) I kind of doubt it. See, the point is, a lot of AFOLs love Classic Space. Most kids nowadays don't know anything about CS. LEGO markets to kids, regardless of how many thousands of dollars a year AFOLs spend. (Personally, I've spent around (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)

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