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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.'"
You know, if I were a Hobbit, I wouldn't let any lawsuit threaten my Hobbit-producing activities...
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Imagine if the Bard's estate could screw around with people like this.
Oh, man... the implications... I bet none of the Bard's Tale games would have ever been released!
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You, good sir, are the first Troll in a thread about the Hobbit. Expect to be turned to stone.
Agreed, it should have been in the public domain when I bought my copy of the trilogy in 1970.
They're building one of those "Habitat Houses" down the street from me, and I wondered to my daughter if all the workers had tattoos of hobbits on them.
"Why?" she asked.
"Hobbit tat for humanity".
Ok, I'll get my coat...
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Leegola: What else can we slay? Is that a hobbit over there?
Titanius Anglesmith: No, that's a hobo and a rabbit. But they're making a hobbit.
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