Jo Miran@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 months agoAmazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive.variety.comexternal-linkmessage-square217fedilinkarrow-up1544arrow-down123
arrow-up1521arrow-down1external-linkAmazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive.variety.comJo Miran@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square217fedilink
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down2·11 months agoWhat was this guy thinking? He was clearly violating copyright. Is he just soft in the head, or is he up to something us not crazy people can’t see?
minus-squareConstableJelly@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up25·11 months agoFirst two books in the series were “Fellowship of the King” and “The Two Trees” so…I’m not entirely convinced they were even very original stories…
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·11 months agoSo the third must be “Return of the Ring.”
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoOh, is that the one where Bodo Fraggins goes on a long journey to give back to Soraun the ring he lost?
minus-squareRaoulDook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoFrodeo Braggins is a short-statured cowboy with big hairy feet, and has a habit of boasting about improbably grandiose adventures
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months ago“Excuse me, Mr. Soraun, sir, I think you lost this a couple thousand years ago.”
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·11 months agoI’m not a Tolkien fan and even I recognized that, haha. Wtf.
minus-squareSaeculum [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoHis motivations are beyond our understanding
What was this guy thinking? He was clearly violating copyright.
Is he just soft in the head, or is he up to something us not crazy people can’t see?
First two books in the series were “Fellowship of the King” and “The Two Trees” so…I’m not entirely convinced they were even very original stories…
So the third must be “Return of the Ring.”
Oh, is that the one where Bodo Fraggins goes on a long journey to give back to Soraun the ring he lost?
Frodeo Braggins is a short-statured cowboy with big hairy feet, and has a habit of boasting about improbably grandiose adventures
“Excuse me, Mr. Soraun, sir, I think you lost this a couple thousand years ago.”
I’m not a Tolkien fan and even I recognized that, haha.
Wtf.
His motivations are beyond our understanding