Re: Status of LoTR. Public Domain?
- From: "Stewart C. Russell" <scruss@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: Status of LoTR. Public Domain?
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:50:01 +0000
John Mark Ockerbloom wrote:
>
> To the best of my knowledge, early editions of _The Lord of the Rings_
> *were* in the public domain in the US at one point, but they aren't any more.
That's certainly true. HarperCollins UK keep a very tight control over
the Tolkien products (indeed, they have a "Tolkien division" devoted to
remixing his work and selling it in new forms). Any violation gets
stomped on very quickly.
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