Hello, just2good here,
and if you don't know,
yesterday Jang Bricks removed
his LEGO Star Wars The Last Jedi set reviews.
Why?
Well, the LEGO Group sent him a legal threat to take down his videos.
He carefully worded it in his video,
so PLEASE go watch that,
it's linked in the description.
Anyways... what does this mean?
Will I remove my Last Jedi reviews?
No, c'mon, you read the title.
Here's why.
First off,
I never got a notice from LEGO.
I know my friend MandR did get a notice in addition to Jang,
but nothing came to me.
If they asked nicely,
just as a favor,
I most likely would have removed my videos.
But they probably wouldn't have been nice about it.
Look, I'm not going to remove my videos.
This is the LEGO Group forcing their hands on us,
the people who enjoy their products,
because Disney is pissed that LEGO
has released these products out in the wild.
Yes, I named them.
DISNEY.
I put blame on LEGO for shipping these sets to retailers so early,
and for sending these PICTURES out early.
And, I put blame on Disney
for being so anal about their pictures
and products being revealed and released on a certain day of the year,
which in my mind is SO stupid.
It's one thing to have a toy reveal date and a toy release date,
but it's incredible idiotic to do both on the same day or mere hours before.
You're banking on people
to basically buy any crap with Star Wars in the title.
Think about if we never saw ANY of the sets or toys
and everything went Disney's way.
We wouldn't even know what hell we're getting.
I mean, on the LEGO Group's side,
this happens every year with just about every theme.
Even with the Rogue One and The Force Awakens sets.
In July, the Last Jedi pictures
came out from retail websites that work with the LEGO Group.
These pictures come straight from LEGO themselves -
they made them public so those retailers add it to their sites.
The same goes with LEGO sets.
LEGO distributes these sets to retailers.
It's their fault or whoever is the LEGO Group's distributers
for sending these out so early.
Keep in mind instruction book leaks
and minifigure leaks are usually straight from the factory,
that's a different issue that isn't really The LEGO Group's fault.
That's usually a case of theft.
It is perfectly legal to review
and cover a product as long as it falls under fair use
and as long as it is released to the product.
Where did I first hear this?
Well, from a LEGO laywer themselves back in 2014.
A very kind one, I say that genuinely,
though I don't think he works at LEGO anymore.
Read this part right here.
"Fair use exceptions to copyright law
do not come into play
until the owner of the work releases it to the public."
Well, as Jang pointed out,
these sets are being sold at LEGO Stores,
and Toys"R"Us sold me them on eBay.
How did they get them?
From LEGO themselves.
LEGO shipped these to them.
They're being sold to the public.
If The LEGO Group files a copyright claim against me,
I will fight it.
This happened before in July
when they removed my LEGO Star Wars 2018 news video.
Which, is under fair use as well.
I sent a counter claim.
Bam.
Video went back up.
If they remove my video,
I'll send counter claims their way.
I understand why Jang removed his videos,
because if LEGO wants to go to court,
they can.
Even if Jang wins,
going to court is a long drawn out process
that drains money and precious time.
Plus, since LEGO is a big corporation,
they might have better lawyers than him.
I really don't blame him.
Though, I know LEGO wouldn't go to court.
If they do, this will mean they're a scummy company.
They know they're in the wrong here.
It's like Disney is the bully pushing LEGO to take action.
But LEGO should stand up for what they believe in,
or what we hope they believe in.
Which they haven't at the moment,
which is incredibly sad.
I don't care how much money is involved.
Both are big corporations...
this isn't like JANG fighting LEGO,
but rather LEGO fighting Disney.
Two of the biggest companies in the world.
Finally, I want to say that as Jang said in the comments,
let's not boycott LEGO or Disney or anything.
Let's have discussion.
Share his video around.
Use the hashtag on Twitter, #JusticeForJang.
Let's solve these problems through awareness and education.
That's it for now.
I have to say one more thing that's unrelated,
but I now have a just2good subreddit
so that I can better connect to you guys.
There's a link to that in the description,
but it's just r slash just2good on reddit.
Either way, I'll see you guys later.
Peace out.
Bye.
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