Lame - New Line stiffs Tolkien estate for LOTR

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Hehe....there should be a warning on the Silmarillion audio book. "Do not drive or operate heavy machinery while listening."

I listened to The Silmarillion entirely during my hour long drives to and from work.

 

[compman25]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Meh. I can't bring myself to feel terribly sympathetic.

mans been dead for almost 40 years.
i'm not sympathetic at all. he didn't die young either. copyright goes on for way way too long. at this point it really should be public domain.

Next time read the article. This deal was reached in 1969, and has been passed on from one studio to the next with each merger/buyout. It has nothing to do with copyright laws or even his children. He reached the deal before he died.