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Fantasy toys spark legal game between Maori group and Lego (URL) say Lego has no right to use their words (URL) new to this.. if it is old news I'm sorry. Christina (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Christina, We touched on this a while ago ((URL) but since these articles are new, we won't feed you to the Nui Rama... I particularly like the phrase from the New Zealand paper's coverage, where the Maori accuse LEGO of "cultural and linguistic (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Here is my opinion on this matter. Lego should be able to keep the products on store shelves under the original names. A language is a language, whether it be English, German, Esperanto, or Maori. Lego should not, however, copyright the names of the (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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I agree, I mean Bionicle, copyright it, but Why bother with the names....I mean, You dont see us sueing a Japanese company(Takara) for using teh Names Arthur and Walt for using our names...Now when teh Copy Right them, now its annoying....So lets (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Sadly it's all made necessary by legal matters and the bad experiences that gave rise to them. The point of copywrites is so that some other company can't make a cheap knock-off and sell it to people who think they're buying the original. That's not (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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