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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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