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19.04 / 23:07

UPS Amazon Booking The balls on this guy: An author is suing Amazon and JRR Tolkien's grandson claiming they infringed on his Lord of the Rings fanfiction

An author is suing Amazon and The Tolkien Estate for what he claims is copyright infringement in The Rings of Power, last year's TV show based on the appendices of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. How could a show based on JRR Tolkien's work under license from The Tolkien Estate violate the intellectual property rights of some guy from LA named Demetrious Polychron? The perplexing answer is that Polychron published—on Amazon, ironically—a work of Lord of the Rings fanfiction called «The Fellowship Of The King,» and that's what he claims has been infringed upon.

18.12 / 21:45

Booking The guy who sued Amazon for infringing on his Lord of the Rings fanfic takes a massive L, now owes $134,000 to the Tolkien Estate

20.07 / 19:17

Provident Amazon Tolkien's Grandson Consulted On The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power