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I read the New York Times headline for this ("Tolkien Estate Wins Court Order to Destroy Fan’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Sequel" - article should be unlocked and readable for all!) and thought "Ah shit, they're coming for fanworks again? Really?" And then I read the article.
He. He what?
Well. Clearly this was his mistake, we should all know at this point not to shove our work down the throats of the copyright holders. But still, forcing him to destroy all copies? Really? That's a bit ridiculous don't you th-
Yeah, alright. Knock yourselves out, Tolkien estate.
“The US-based author Demetrious Polychron published what he described as the “pitch-perfect” Lord of the Rings follow-up in 2022, titled The Fellowship of the King. He planned for the book to be the first of a seven-part series inspired by the franchise.
“But the following April, Polychron attempted to sue the Tolkien estate and Amazon over the spin-off TV series The Rings of Power, which he claimed infringed the copyright in his book. A California court dismissed the case after the judge ruled that Polychron’s text was, in fact, infringing on Amazon’s prequel, released in September 2022.”