While I don't agree with the groups request that sales of the game be halted (it'd be a pretty good way of advertising maori culture I would have thought), I agree entirely with them wanting to know if Lego are going to trademark/patent the character names and or cultral concepts. The character names seem to be taken directly from the maori language so in my opinion, Lego has no right to them. This could just be a misunderstanding I guess:)
Here's a link to a NZHerald article that puts a different spin on the issue. While I'm at it, here's a BBC one as well. Another paper (the Dominion) had this
and this to say.
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While I don't agree with the groups request that sales of the game be halted (it'd be a pretty good way of advertising maori culture I would have thought), I agree entirely with them wanting to know if Lego are going to trademark/patent the character names and or cultral concepts. The character names seem to be taken directly from the maori language so in my opinion, Lego has no right to them. This could just be a misunderstanding I guess :)
Here's a link to a NZHerald article that puts a different spin on the issue. While I'm at it, here's a BBC one as well. Another paper (the Dominion) had this and this to say.