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02-09-2013, 07:53 PM | #1 | |
Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Zaentz countersues the Estate
Hello everyone,
I imagine some of you heard late last year that the Estate was involved in legal action against Warner Bros. and Saul Zaentz Co. regarding the production of The Lord of the Rings-themed digital products, with the particular sore point apparently being gambling machines. Well apparently Zaentz et al have decided to respond in kind, issuing a counterclaim of their own: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/...slot-machines/ http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/24963.html Now normally I'd consider this to be part of the regular back-and-forth that might happen in these kinds of situations. What's particularly egregious about it, however, is this assertion from Zaentz Co. (quoted from the ICv2 article): Quote:
Never have I seen the horrible corporate notion of "We made Tolkien better and are owed for it" made more apparent. I am reminded somehow of a similar claim which was also of dubious validity: "I am the Elder King: Melkor, first and mightiest of all the Valar, who was before the world, and made it. The shadow of my purpose lies upon Arda, and all that is in it bends slowly and surely to my will." So my question is this (for those who might be knowledgeable in such lore): is a claim of "four decades" remotely justifiable? |
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