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After dueling lawsuits, fan barred from selling Lord of the Rings sequel (www.washingtonpost.com)
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The estate of J.R.R. Tolkien sued Demetrious Polychron, a Lord of the Rings fan, to bar him from selling an unauthorized sequel to the fantasy series.

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[–] jordanlund 4 points 9 months ago

Non-paygated version:

https://news.sky.com/story/lord-of-the-rings-sequel-must-be-destroyed-after-tolkien-estate-wins-copyright-case-against-writer-13033765

"The writer of an unauthorised Lord Of The Rings sequel has been ordered to destroy all physical and electronic copies and pay more than $130,000 in legal fees."