Tolkien fanfic writer sues Tolkien estate over copyright

[Muso]

 

[Muso]

What an idiot...

 

[trappedslider]

I'm a little disheartened everyone's siding with the Tolkien estate, ironically.

I mean, the literary quality of this looks pretty bad, and this is the next dumbest thing to suing Disney over your Mickey Mouse fanfiction

well...

Mickey Mouse, Long a Symbol in Copyright Wars, to Enter Public Domain: ‘It’s Finally Happening’

Dan O’Neill was 53 years ahead of his time. In 1971, he launched a countercultural attack on Mickey Mouse. In his underground comic book, “Air Pirates Funnies,” the lovable mouse was seen smuggling drugs and performing oral sex on Minnie. As O’Neill had hoped, Disney sued him for copyright...

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[Baron Opal II]

I'm fine with Tolkien never needing to work again off this stuff, but his great-grandkids? J.R.R's been dead 50 years.

I think the duration of copyright is way out of control.

Only 25 more years to go.