Scary AustinOkay at this point Tolkien has stopped spinning in his grave and is just laughing his ass off.
Matthias Rex 🦣@MaryAustinBooks I've heard Tolkein's estate is aggressive about suing over this kind of thing - I don't understand how these people are getting away with copyright infringement.
@Meowthias I hope they can sue. The books are not yet public domain in the US.
@MaryAustinBooks Musk is also using "Palantir" which is from the books.
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I think it's Thiel in that particular case, but none of these fuckwits have understood the books, for sure.
I think it's Thiel in that particular case, but none of these fuckwits have understood the books, for sure.
Eleder@MaryAustinBooks @Meowthias Well, Tolkien's names are owned by Middle Earth enterprises, a private company without any relationship with the Estate (since Tolkien himself sold the books rights during his life).
But it's totally true that their licensing guidelines don't allow these uses without a license, so we must think they have reached an economical agreement 🙁 https://www.middleearth.com/licensing#licensing_guidelines
But it's totally true that their licensing guidelines don't allow these uses without a license, so we must think they have reached an economical agreement 🙁 https://www.middleearth.com/licensing#licensing_guidelines
