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‘Lord of the Rings’: Amazon and Tolkien Estate Win Copyright Lawsuit Over TV Show, Copycat Book
variety.com
Demetrious Polychron filed a suit against Amazon and the Tolkien estate alleging 'Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' infringed on his copyright.
  • anewbeginning@lemmy.worldEnglish
    531·
    11 months ago

    The author then filed suit against both Amazon and the Tolkien estate, claiming the streaming series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” had borrowed from his sequel and infringed his copyright.

    The gall.

    • sheepishly@kbin.social
      15·
      11 months ago

      I honestly wouldn’t even be surprised. What was it, that thing with Star Trek Discovery taking plot points from some adventure game with space-faring tardigrades?