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| | | Author: | axaday  | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 08:53 | | Subject: | Queer Eye Jacket Designer Suing Lego | | Viewed: | 193 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| https://www.cnn.com/style/article/lego-sued-leather-jacket-queer-eye-intl-scli/index.html
I don't know the show or how these things work, but I am surprised that LEGO's
licensing department didn't think of this. I strongly doubt that they just
decided to risk it. But I'm also surprised that LEGO wouldn't have settled
this before a lawsuit came up, unless the lawsuit was the first they heard of
it as well.
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| | | | | Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 09:01 | | Subject: | Re: Queer Eye Jacket Designer Suing Lego | | Viewed: | 100 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, axaday writes:
And it will sell out quickly here while it can be bought:
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 11:35 | | Subject: | Re: Queer Eye Jacket Designer Suing Lego | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, axaday writes:
It is good advertising for both the artist and the set.
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| | | | | | | Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Jan 18, 2022 11:43 | | Subject: | Re: Queer Eye Jacket Designer Suing Lego | | Viewed: | 102 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, yorbrick writes:
| | In Off Topic, axaday writes:
It is good advertising for both the artist and the set.
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Indeed!
I have to think that if they had asked in advance the jacket designer would have
been delighted to have a LEGO made of his work, though he might have worn a poker
face until all the arrangements were in place.
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| | | | | Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 03:28 | | Subject: | Re: Queer Eye Jacket Designer Suing Lego | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Oddly enough, I just bought five earlier this week because I needed to restock
my the brick profiles.
I'm no stranger to copyright infringement lawsuits (which some outlets are
stating this is), and he's got a looooong row to hoe and a looooot of obstacles
to overcome. This is clearly - at most - a derivative work but even then the
only identifiable similarity is the slightly tilted head.
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 06:30 | | Subject: | Re: Queer Eye Jacket Designer Suing Lego | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Yellow.Brick writes:
| | I'm no stranger to copyright infringement lawsuits (which some outlets are
stating this is), and he's got a looooong row to hoe and a looooot of obstacles
to overcome. This is clearly - at most - a derivative work but even then the
only identifiable similarity is the slightly tilted head.
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Lego could also claim that the part is parody, which is protected speech in the
United States.
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| | | | | Author: | LordSkylark | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2022 17:52 | | Subject: | Re: Queer Eye Jacket Designer Suing Lego | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| The future looks grim...
STAGE #1
The designer of a toothpick being one of billions suing every user in facebook
who uses their toothpick in a photo...
STAGE #2
Government installed drones in every room of every house, with 360 scanning,
keeping a monetary tally of royalties owed to each individual every time a piece
of clothing is worn, or a shoe is tied, or an object is even vaguely mentioned.
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