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DaveNSoKona
April 21st, 2005, 08:12 PM
Well, I guess I was wrong. There is such a thing as Cultural Intellectual Property. Here is a story from Ghana how it's being implemented there.
Link (http://www.ghanamusic.com/artman/publish/article_1736.shtml)
Glen Miyashiro
April 21st, 2005, 08:20 PM
Is that anything like the controversy a few years ago about Lego using Maori names and words in their Bionicle toy line?
kimo55
April 21st, 2005, 08:37 PM
Well, I guess I was wrong. There is such a thing as Cultural Intellectual Property. Here is a story from Ghana how it's being implemented there.
Link (http://www.ghanamusic.com/artman/publish/article_1736.shtml)


wow. cool. mahalos for finding that, Dave!
kimo55
April 21st, 2005, 08:40 PM
Is that anything like the controversy a few years ago about Lego using Maori names and words in their Bionicle toy line?

sumpin li dat.

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56451,00.html?tw=wn_story_related


it's very creative, but why don't they just fabricate their own names and words so it's all their very own?!

I see they use Hawaiian words.