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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.'"
Jews trying to outjew other jews. Haha, what a great way to form a society. No wonder why other societies who go the shrewd jew route end up collapsing into anarchy, then the shambled get picked up by societies that look out for their own, like those of islam.
Just look at the middle east for example. With the exception of the Israel, which is propped up by the U.S., it is mostly Moslem. We should take heed this lesson, as the middle east is the location of the world's oldest societies. We are still young yet, but we can see on the other side of the world our future.
Today's magic word is: merchant
All the heirs that are part of this should just keel over and die. To a midget, for some poetic justice.
They truly have no redeeming value in this universe.
Stop beating around the bush here, there is a common theme in who gets to fuck you in society. Jews are the lawyers, the swindler accountants, and the madoffs of the world. Jews have been robbing us blind since WWII. The Holocaust has just been something to excuse their behavior because they were so persecuted. NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg as another example of a jew taxing hardworking americans to death while his net worth went up 10 billion. Jews are the problem in this country and jews need to be stopped. I personally wouldn't be opposed to a new holocaust if you can throw the thugs life rob and rape idiots in there too.
is this related to the Hollywood - Jew connection? My uncle told me lots of accountants are Jews, and also that they are greedy and cheat people.
pharmaceutical companies make plenty fine income, with very short patents on the use of drugs, because of the clear and moral trepidation of life-saving drugs being bound in financial chicanery. the same holds true for cultural output, but since the consequences of artificially extended ownership are less obvious and onerous, the impoverishment of OUR culture is less clear, even though it is real and horrible
the same holds true for any book, movie, song, or anything else, created by anyone
after awhile, that piece is part of YOUR culture, and is owned by YOU
your grandad wrote a good pop song? good for him. you want money for it? fuck you
what creators will get, and will always get, is fame, and that has lots of avenues for capitalization
but i am fucking sick of this idea that you write a song, or a book, or a movie, and somehow you get to decide how it is used for all time
no: fuck you. we love you for what you made, but your control is artificially extended by greedy bastards and broken laws
there is no reason why have to pay someone to sing happy birthday. there is no reason i can't use the image of some stupid cartoon mouse created 70 years ago however i like if i want to. of course, there ARE reasons, but they are all morally broken and extended only by corporate greed
fuck the idea of intellectual property. the story of the 21st century will or should be about the downfall of the logical and philosophical and therefore legal assumptions that allow this malignant idea to persist
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Depends, I would favor copyrights that would allow for books that are still in-print to still have copyright otherwise it expires in ~10 years with registration with the possibility of renewal only if it is in print. And really, with trademarks and such if it had gone public domain, he could effectively control all "official" printings of his book (for example, he couldn't stop someone from making a movie, but it couldn't say or hint that it was authorized), doing this would allow for the control but would lack the "getting paid for doing nothing" that exists today.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
I am sick of LARPer's and LoTRer's. Go outside and get some air, they are just some freaking books made into pretty neat movies. No, I am not a troll, I just play one on TV.
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