I'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-Esta

I'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.