Can I just remind everyone that in
Sauron the White's original post he said this:
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Originally Posted by Sauron the White
Consider that Christopher Tolkien had published and copyrighted THE SILMARALLION four years after his fathers death and some eight years after the film rights to that material were sold.
Is it not possible, that a sharp legal staff with some innovative thinking, could well claim that they own the films rights to that material and anything published later and made known to the public can be used by them as well since it only details material which they already owned and had use of?
Could it not be legally argued that CT causing to be published the SIL after his fathers death, was the unfair diminishing of rights his father had already sold and were legally owned by others?
Yes, this would indeed be pushing the envelope and an attempt to expand upon what many now believe the film rights are constituted of. And yes, it would be an end run around the idea that THE SILMARALLION cannot be touched by New Line, Zaentz, Jackson or anyone else. But could it happen?
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So
Sauron... you did start off talking about the legal aspect. Now you say that doesn't matter and it's a question of ethics.
Okay, fine. It's a question of ethics. We'll talk ethics now... but will you acknowledge that your original question has been answered?