stopthatgirl7 to [email protected] • 6 months agoThe guy who sued Amazon for infringing on his Lord of the Rings fanfic takes a massive L, now owes $134,000 to the Tolkien Estatewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkThe guy who sued Amazon for infringing on his Lord of the Rings fanfic takes a massive L, now owes $134,000 to the Tolkien Estatewww.pcgamer.comstopthatgirl7 to [email protected] • 6 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
Author Demetrious Polychron wanted $250 million for infringement of his book The Fellowship of the King.
minus-squarefatalicuslink5•6 months agoUK law says books don’t become public domain until 70 years after the author dies. So Lord of the Rings, and other Tolkien works, will be public domain in 2043.
UK law says books don’t become public domain until 70 years after the author dies.
So Lord of the Rings, and other Tolkien works, will be public domain in 2043.