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In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Matthew Gerber writes:
> This is EXACTALLY what I said would happen!
> (http://news.lugnet.com/technic/bionicle/?n=1609)
>
> The only thing left open by the article is if LEGO will continue the line
> with new names, but that's not very likely seeing as names in contention are
> main characters and all.
>
> I am so ticked off about this I can't even type anymore.
>
> DAMNIT!
>
> The AP article:
> ________________________________________________________
>
> OCTOBER 29, 19:01 EST
>
> Lego Halt Use of Some Names
>
> By RAY LILLEY
> Associated Press Writer
>
> WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Danish toy maker Lego has agreed to halt
> production of a range of toys based on ethnic cultures after protests about
> its use of indigenous Maori names for some toys, a Maori intellectual
> property lawyer said Tuesday.
>
> Lego senior executive Brian Soerensen has just returned to Denmark after
> meeting Maori lawyers in Auckland where he acknowledged that Lego had used
> Maori words in its Bionicle range of toys.
>
> Lawyer Maui Solomon paid tribute to Lego's decision.
>
> ``Lego have independently made a decision to withdraw from the market any
> future production of Bionicle toys based on Maori knowledge, or indigenous
> knowledge from any other culture, out of respect for the issues that we've
> raised with them,'' Solomon said.
>
> ``They're not going to manufacture them any more, they're not going to
> distribute them any more. That, I think, is a fairly significant step on
> their part,'' he added.
>
> Solomon represents Maori claimants arguing for greater protection for Maori
> intellectual property.
>
> The products included spiritual people called Tohunga (Maori for priest),
> face masks called Kanohi (face), a stone warrior called Pohatu (stone) and a
> tunneling character called Whenua (earth).
>
> Lego executives are expected to visit claimant Maori tribe Ngati Koata in
> November, to formalize the arrangements.
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>
> Matt
Maybe I can sue LEGO over the Jack Stone line, since the name is obviously
borrowed from the Anglo-Saxon "ethnic culture" of which I am a member. I am
sick and tired of LEGO's piracy of Anglo-Saxon intellectual property. I
mean, where elso did they get the name for set 4601, Fire Cruiser (English
for fire cruiser)?
-Marc Nelson Jr.
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