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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 5063793" data-attributes="member: 2732">Actually I think it's sadder that Tolkien agreed to a bum contract to Saul Zaentz that didn't have a time limit and revocation rights.  Most modern licenses have a time limit.  It's these perpetual licenses that get people into trouble.Somebody could also try to get a license from the Tolkien estate for the other books, but that's another ball of wax.One question is do they also have the film rights, or is this going to avoid dealing with the films.  One of the tricky things was that computer games had to not only license from TE, but they had to also license from New Line because otherwise they could not reproduce the distinct look used in the films, but I doubt they are needed for a paper RPG.</blockquote>