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As someone who grew up loving Lord of the Rings, I definitely love the name they chose. I am curious though, was that all joke or is a lawsuit a possibility? I
by klbarry 16y ago
As someone who grew up loving Lord of the Rings, I definitely love the name they chose. I am curious though, was that all joke or is a lawsuit a possibility? I know the Tolkien estate is very careful regarding their copyrights.
- wmeredith 16y agoI find it pretty humorous that the company's namesake is generally associated with corruption and deception through the false promise of great knowledge and/or power.
- klbarry 16y agoI didn't think of that, it's pretty funny.
- fpgeek 16y agoI'm not sure whether or not it is a joke. The Tolkien estate is suing over the use of "Tolkien" (see http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/27/1940241/Tolkien-Estate-Censors-the-Word-Tolkien http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/27/1940241/Tolkien-Estat... ), so I'm not sure how far they'd go.