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Jo Miran to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 1 year ago

Amazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive.

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Amazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive.

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Jo Miran to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 1 year ago
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‘Lord of the Rings’: Amazon and Tolkien Estate Win Copyright Lawsuit Over TV Show, Copycat Book
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Demetrious Polychron filed a suit against Amazon and the Tolkien estate alleging 'Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' infringed on his copyright.
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    74•1 year ago

    The author in question here was pretty shitty. He wrote his own sequel to called “Fellowship of the King”, and then sued Amazon and the Tolkien estate saying they stole elements from his book. He lost, and the Tolkien estate countersued.

    The guy played stupid games and won stupid prizes.

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      Yeah, I read. I don’t have much sympathy for him. He sounds like a jerk.

      IMO preserving the content is more important than honoring him (or, for that matter, humiliating him).

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      I can’t help being curious, who are these “Tolkien Estate” people? I want NAMES!

      • @Squizzy@lemmy.world
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        3•1 year ago

        His son’s I think

        • @frezik@midwest.social
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          That’s Christopher, and he died in 2020. Now it’s a few different members of the family plus their attorney.

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien_Estate

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