Tolkien Estate Censors the Word "Tolkien"

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday February 27, 2011 @10:23AM from the keep-my-name-out-of-your-mouth dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Following their recent attempt to censor a work of historical fiction containing Tolkien as a character, the estate have now issued a takedown notice to someone making buttons with the words 'While you were reading Tolkien, I was watching Evangelion' on them, claiming 'intellectual property right infringement.' Predictably, a new store has appeared offering a range of censored Tolkien items, and the 'offending' product has had vastly increased exposure as a direct result of the removal."

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Re:Enough of this already by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-27 10:52 · Score: 0, Troll

"Enough of this already"?
Dude... you are 10 years too late... this place attracted worthless moderators when a politics section was added right after 9/11... this place is the asshole of websites now... it is the FOX NEWS of tech...
the reason i come here to repeat myself... so this place will die a little bit faster than it already does..