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Bit of an aside, but this means we are now only 20 years from now the copyright on all his books published in his lifetime expiring, right? I wonder what effect
by livrem 3y ago
Bit of an aside, but this means we are now only 20 years from now the copyright on all his books published in his lifetime expiring, right? I wonder what effects, if any, that will have on the use of his works. Right owners of Sherlock Holmes and Conan for instance have kept fighting to control those works even after (some) copyrights expired. Otherwise will the market be flooded, for better or worse, with new movies and video games and other adaptations of Tolkien's works around January 1 2044? That is less than 21 years from now. The first of the Peter Jackson movies came out 22 years ago.
- pavlov 3y agoYes, 2044 is the year when Tolkien’s best-known works enter the public domain (unless laws are changed in the meantime). By then, AI can probably generate Jackson-quality movies with these recognizable characters in near real-time. It should be a fertile era for Tolkien fans who will finally get to tell their own visual stories within this universe.
- zabzonk 3y agoor a fertile era for worthless trash and porn
- pavlov 3y agoOne person’s genre-bending fan fiction is another person’s worthless porn… But there are some interesting works diegetically aligned with the Tolkien universe that currently can’t be published or developed in the West for copyright reasons. I’m thinking of the Russian pro-Mordor “The Last Ringbearer,” for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer
- eesmith 3y agoThe "can't" is likely more for worry of the inevitable expensive court case than the actual chance the judge will find there was infringement. Consider "The Wind Done Gone", a parody of "Gone with the Wind". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suntrust_Bank_v._Houghton_Mifflin_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suntrust_Bank_v._Houghton_Miff.... > The Court of Appeals recognized copyright in several characters from Gone with the Wind and found that The Wind Done Gone had "appropriate[d] numerous characters, settings, and plot twists". However, the court decided that this appropriation was protected under the doctrine of fair use. > ... Mitchell's estate chose to drop the suit after publisher Houghton agreed to make a donation to Morehouse College.
- wincy 3y agoI mean quite frankly so what? My wife just read a thousand page fan fiction set in the Harry Potter world where the Death Eaters won, Harry Potter is dead, and Draco Malfoy has been assigned to Hermione for “breeding purposes”. The premise sounds like trash, but she was describing the intricacies of how wars are fought and political intrigues and a very personal and relatable story of standing up to power. She literally could not put it down, and said it was one of the most interesting and engaging pieces of literature she’s ever read. Copyright just lets large corporations keep our shared cultural heritage under lock and key. These worlds are living rent free in our heads. We should be allowed to play around with them at our leisure and tell the stories we want to tell without the threat of financial ruin being brought down upon us.
- bbkane 3y agoDarn it I'm ashamed to ask, but how do I find this fan fic?
- wincy 3y agoHaha I asked my wife. She said Manacled is what you want to search for.
- savingsPossible 3y agocare to share a link?
- wincy 3y ago“Manacled Harry Potter” will get you where you want to be. Warning, we ate cold sandwiches for a few days until she was done reading it!
- gustavus 3y ago> a thousand page fan fiction set in the Harry Potter world where the Death Eaters won, Harry Potter is dead, and Draco Malfoy has been assigned to Hermione for “breeding purposes”. The premise sounds like trash, but she was describing the intricacies of how wars are fought and political intrigues and a very personal and relatable story of standing up to power. Is that what Martin has been doing instead of finishing ASOFAI? Because that sounds exactly like him.
- WalterBright 3y ago> for better or worse Can't be worse than The Hobbit and the Rings of Power films.
- jncfhnb 3y agoGollum video game rises to the challenge
- Archelaos 3y agoIn many contries copyright ends after 50 years (including Peter Jackson's home country). Wikipedia has a map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_lengths#/media/File:World_copyright_terms.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright...