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Jo Miran@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years 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@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years 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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    He tried to take them to court?!

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      They were…not smart lol.

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        Well if they did plagiarize some independent’s fanfiction, and they can get away with that, it really limits the remedies for independent writers when their unpaid for script drafts end up being used for storylines.

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