Comments on: The road goes ever oon http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/12/tolkien-nyt/ Technology, politics, culture Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:32:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: IanRae http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/12/tolkien-nyt/#comment-2093 IanRae Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:29:12 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/12/tolkien-nyt/#comment-2093 I think the name mispelling would be more lamentable by Tolkien. He is dead and gone. I'm not sure why his grandkids, who had nothing to do with the books, should get a pile of money. I believe he sold the film rights in the 50s. That being said, this is a wierd echo of the writer's strike; off-screen talent never seems to get much credit or $$$. I think the name mispelling would be more lamentable by Tolkien. He is dead and gone. I’m not sure why his grandkids, who had nothing to do with the books, should get a pile of money. I believe he sold the film rights in the 50s.

That being said, this is a wierd echo of the writer’s strike; off-screen talent never seems to get much credit or $$$.

]]> By: Eamon http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/12/tolkien-nyt/#comment-2076 Eamon Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:05:04 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/12/tolkien-nyt/#comment-2076 Didn't his heirs read about Frodo and Sam hiding from the orcs, and travelling to Mordor, and how the ring corrupts, and how the Shire is corrupted at the end of the book and so on .. Didn’t his heirs read about Frodo and Sam hiding from the orcs, and travelling to Mordor, and how the ring corrupts, and how the Shire is corrupted at the end of the book and so on ..

]]> By: mat http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/12/tolkien-nyt/#comment-2029 mat Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:58:12 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/12/tolkien-nyt/#comment-2029 Well, in that case, the jerks are new line, even peter jackson had to sue them to get paid. Well, in that case, the jerks are new line, even peter jackson had to sue them to get paid.

]]> By: Danny Colligan http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/12/tolkien-nyt/#comment-2008 Danny Colligan Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:50:46 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/2008/02/12/tolkien-nyt/#comment-2008 The latter, surely. This is exactly why copyright laws need to be rewritten if not outright abolished: some jerks, who had absolutely nothing to do with the writing of the books, sit on their "intellectual property" and lie in wait until there is a profitable opportunity to sue someone, and then pounce. How does this benefit the public interest (which copyright is, under the US Constitution, supposed to be doing)? It doesn't. "Unabashed and insatiable greed?" Perhaps they should look in the mirror. The latter, surely. This is exactly why copyright laws need to be rewritten if not outright abolished: some jerks, who had absolutely nothing to do with the writing of the books, sit on their “intellectual property” and lie in wait until there is a profitable opportunity to sue someone, and then pounce. How does this benefit the public interest (which copyright is, under the US Constitution, supposed to be doing)? It doesn’t. “Unabashed and insatiable greed?” Perhaps they should look in the mirror.

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