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LoTR Lawsuit Threatens Hobbit Production
eyrieowl writes "J.R.R.'s heirs are suing for royalties on the LoTR films. Apparently they haven't gotten any money due to some creative accounting. Peter Jackson ought to understand...he had to sue the studio for much the same reason.
As for The Hobbit? FTFA: 'Tolkien's family and a British charity they head, the Tolkien Trust, seek more than $220 million in compensation...[and]...the option to terminate further rights to the author's work.'"
These books should be public domain by now.
God damn extended copyright might kill another production.
I agree the books should be in the public domain.
It still amazes me how respondents in this forum think that there is some level on which it's acceptable to STEAL. If the work is someone else's this and you want it, then it's okay. If the work is yours and I want it, then it's not. BS. Under what bizarro universe does the public have more right to an author's work than the author (or their estate)?
Sorry, I just don't buy that argument under any circumstance. The discussion here seems centered on whether the studio should get the spoils or the public. Wrong answer. I don't see that as morally defensible UNLESS the creator (or their estate) chooses to cede their rights to someone else (e.g. public domain).
Oh, get off your fucking high horse.
Everything EVERYONE has only exists because of the actions of their predecessors. We wouldn't have microprocessors without first having transistors, for example.
And as far as inheritance is concerned, just how many people today have the careers they do because of mommy and daddy forking over money for their university education?
Or even barring that, how about cosigning for their loans?
By your argument, there isn't a goddamned person anywhere who deserves anything. So what, socialism then?
we can just cut back on the tolkien shit totally, and you can shove up the now never-to-be-made profits you were going to make from your deceased father's creation up your butt. the country you are in is already fucked up regarding copyright laws, dont prove its critics wrong. or, rather, go ahead and prove it.
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