2019-08-29 - The LEGO Group: Unauthorized Use of the LEGO Group Intellectual Property - kiwifarms.net [Case #652509]

[stakenifes]

The DMCA is the fucking bane of the internet. How the fuck did we get to this? I wish more people/services would take this path rather than bend over to the 'law'.

 

[Iwasamwillbe]

Dear Internet Service Provider:

LEGO A/S, LEGO Juris A/S, LEGO System A/S and LEGO Systems, Inc. (collectively “the LEGO Group”) hold exclusive worldwide rights to the LEGO® intellectual property, including but not limited to LEGO, the LEGO logo and the Minifigure figurine. These assets are used to identify, advertise and promote the LEGO Group’s products and activities. These trademarks and copyrights (and various works incidental thereto) are protected around the world under U.S. and international trademark and copyright law.

The LEGO Group markets and sells its products and services through websites including shop.LEGO.com. The LEGO Group’s trademarks and copyrights are registered worldwide and include:

U.S. Registration Nos. 2060284 and 3440699 for the famous LEGO word mark.
U.S. Registration No. 4903968 for the Minifigure design
U.S. Registration No. VA0000655104 for the basic Minifigure

EU Registration Nos. EM02829463 and EM00039800 for the famous LEGO word mark.
EU Registration Nso.EM00050450 and EM00050518 for the Minifigure design

You are the Internet Service Provider to kiwifarms.net. This site uses the LEGO Group’s trademark(s) and/or copyright(s) in its content without authorization. This use falsely suggests the LEGO Group’s sponsorship or endorsement of the website and violates the LEGO Group’s exclusive rights.

Additionally, this use constitutes trademark infringement and unfair competition and violates your acceptable use policy as an Internet Service Provider.

We informed the registrant of our complaint, but were unable to resolve this issue. In addition to the legal action the LEGO Group may take against the registrant, we request that you immediately suspend the URLs.

Please reply to this email if you need additional information. We appreciate your assistance.

Sincerely,

The LEGO Group Brand Protection

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The post using these images is one of the best examples of fair use I
could hope for. The person goes, in detail, to describe and criticize
your products and handling of third party intellectual property in a way
that is both fair and would absolutely require the images to make his point.

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/star-w...y-about-last-jedi.32492/page-623#post-5211889

I believe in good faith the articles in contention are used fairly. Send
servicing to this address.

913 Beal Pkwy NW
Suite A-1017
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

Under penalty of perjury,
Joshua Moon

Now this is getting spicy. I never thought that the LEGO company of all things would try these underhanded tactics. How will they escalate it further from here?

 

[CWCissey]

Can we get Lego to stop Chris from buying their shit as part of the counter suit?

 

[Mediocre]

It's kind of ironic how people with 'tism tend to be obsessed with shit like LEGO and now LEGO is trying to DMCA the forum, it's the circle of life.

 

[Eris!]

Kiwifarms vs Lego is some sort of platonically pure condensed divine form of autism

 

[Exceptionally Exceptional]

Disney is terrifying and spiteful. Hoping they won't be able to bully people on the Internet.

I mean, what can they hope to even gain here? It's not like people are storming over here in droves to dig through a thread wherein a buncha autists lament the sorry state of Star Wars to see the super top secret Lego sets.
The fucking things come out in a little over a month. Two tops.
If 1776 tells them to fuck off the legal proceedings would take longer than the release date for the fucking sets!

It just seems like spite. My inner-tinfoil-hat-wearing-conspiritard tells me that Disney put them up to this as revenge for talking shit on their movies and dissecting the leaks in detail. But he's more autistic than I am, so I shouldn't read too much into that.

 

[IMayUseSpaces]

Fuck me, who would've expected that fucking LEGO Star Wars of all things might possibly be the catalyst to actual legal proceedings involving the Farms? Not that their allegations have any merit whatsoever, but they're certainly more formidable than whatever outrage the usual dregs of society can usually impart upon Null before he sends them skulking along their way.

 

[Slap47]

Now this is getting spicy. I never thought that the LEGO company of all things would try these underhanded tactics. How will they escalate it further from here?

Perhaps they don't want to be murdered by the mouse... or lose all of their likely critical contracts. They run Lego businesses at Disney locations and Disney properties likely make up a huge chunk of their income.

 

[UY 690]

First, the jews try to sue KiwiFarms now fucking Legos? lol This keeps on getting better and better outside of Funimation's leaked tapes. lol

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

Now this is getting spicy. I never thought that the LEGO company of all things would try these underhanded tactics. How will they escalate it further from here?

A really stern letter to Null's mom. If that doesn't pay off, they'll be just out of options.

 

[Interloper]

mfw the lego company is coming for us

 

[HTTP Error 404]

I am 99% sure that leaks of a product they don't want out is not the intended use of the DMCA. Or am I wrong?

 

[LegoTugboat]

I think that we should be prepared to respect companies registered trademarks and adhere to their demands.

Those that would use intellectual property for such things as memes, regardless of how dank they are, or usernames should be hung, drawn and quartered, no mercy given.

 

[omori]

AUTISM WAR NOW

 

[AirdropShitposts]

Got another hot leak, straight from China:

 

[Shaka Brah]

The DMCA is the fucking bane of the internet. How the fuck did we get to this? I wish more people/services would take this path rather than bend over to the 'law'.

Theoretically the DMCA was supposed to be better than before, because if you file a false DMCA claim you're legally liable for damages. But in reality it's just turned into a nightmare of bullying from big corpo and little corpo because webmasters routinely cuck to them over clearly false reports which will never go to court because the job of censorship is completed by a middle-man.

You are the Internet Service Provider to kiwifarms.net. This site uses the LEGO Group’s trademark(s) and/or copyright(s) in its content without authorization. This use falsely suggests the LEGO Group’s sponsorship or endorsement of the website and violates the LEGO Group’s exclusive rights.

I just noticed this part. That's the most retarded legal argument you could possibly make about this. In no way would this position ever be entertained by a court of law.

 

[stakenifes]

Theoretically the DMCA was supposed to be better than before, because if you file a false DMCA claim you're legally liable for damages. But in reality it's just turned into a nightmare of bullying from big corpo and little corpo because webmasters routinely cuck to them over clearly false reports which will never go to court because the job of censorship is completed by a middle-man.

Absolutely, I get and somewhat agree the premise of it, but the wording of the DMCA has allowed it to be a guilty until proven innocent law, based on the fact that corporations wouldn't abuse the system.

The problem with this dwells from the fact that the internet, and the content on it, is essentially unmeasurable... How can you police that without automation. Ya can't! So organisations abuse it. So really I just hate these big orgz.

 

[Take Your Pills]

I hope LEGO comes out with a LEGO lawsuit construction set after kiwi farms gets sued into oblivion. Might I suggest an angry judge man crushing a kiwi with a comically oversized gavel?

 

[repentance]

Disney is terrifying and spiteful. Hoping they won't be able to bully people on the Internet.

I'd pay good money to see the looks on the faces of the Mouse's representatives when they're told "lol no". They're so used to people just caving to their power.

 

[I should be working]

Dear Internet Service Provider:

LEGO A/S, LEGO Juris A/S, LEGO System A/S and LEGO Systems, Inc. (collectively “the LEGO Group”) hold exclusive worldwide rights to the LEGO® intellectual property, including but not limited to LEGO, the LEGO logo and the Minifigure figurine. These assets are used to identify, advertise and promote the LEGO Group’s products and activities. These trademarks and copyrights (and various works incidental thereto) are protected around the world under U.S. and international trademark and copyright law.

The LEGO Group markets and sells its products and services through websites including shop.LEGO.com. The LEGO Group’s trademarks and copyrights are registered worldwide and include:

U.S. Registration Nos. 2060284 and 3440699 for the famous LEGO word mark.
U.S. Registration No. 4903968 for the Minifigure design
U.S. Registration No. VA0000655104 for the basic Minifigure

EU Registration Nos. EM02829463 and EM00039800 for the famous LEGO word mark.
EU Registration Nso.EM00050450 and EM00050518 for the Minifigure design

You are the Internet Service Provider to kiwifarms.net. This site uses the LEGO Group’s trademark(s) and/or copyright(s) in its content without authorization. This use falsely suggests the LEGO Group’s sponsorship or endorsement of the website and violates the LEGO Group’s exclusive rights.

Additionally, this use constitutes trademark infringement and unfair competition and violates your acceptable use policy as an Internet Service Provider.

We informed the registrant of our complaint, but were unable to resolve this issue. In addition to the legal action the LEGO Group may take against the registrant, we request that you immediately suspend the URLs.

Please reply to this email if you need additional information. We appreciate your assistance.

Sincerely,

The LEGO Group Brand Protection

---

The post using these images is one of the best examples of fair use I
could hope for. The person goes, in detail, to describe and criticize
your products and handling of third party intellectual property in a way
that is both fair and would absolutely require the images to make his point.

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/star-w...y-about-last-jedi.32492/page-623#post-5211889

I believe in good faith the articles in contention are used fairly. Send
servicing to this address.

913 Beal Pkwy NW
Suite A-1017
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

Under penalty of perjury,
Joshua Moon

I love how they don't bother telling the ISP what they find to be infringment of their IP and just ask you to take action.

I would like to know how this guy felt when you didn't just reply with a firm no, but also included the link to the "infringing content" that they neglected to provide to you.