Readers here shouldn’t need to be reminded that the Tolkien Estate, through its company Middle-Earth Enterprises, is known to be extremely aggressive with its enforcement of intellectual prop…
  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
    111·
    11 months ago

    Wonder what Tolkien would think? His decendents become greedy assholes.

    I think all trademarks should die on works of art 20 years after the person dies.

    • morphballganon@lemmy.world
      81·
      11 months ago

      I don’t think when a person dies should have much to do with it, if anything. Set a time from when the work is created, not when the person dies.

    • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org
      4·
      11 months ago

      I hate dead hands lol

      Edit: especially when they don’t even really work off of a wish or command from the deceased