A month and a half ago, a bizarre Lord of the Rings message made the rounds: The series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Prime Video * is said to have stolen elements of its plot from the unknown fantasy author Demetrious Polychron. At least that’s what the author and sued Amazon for $250 million in damages. But for this sounding of the alarm he now receives a somewhat different receipt.
Stupid: Fantasy author sued for illegal Lord of the Rings sequel
As the first (and so far only) part of his seven-part The War of the Rings saga (translated: “The War of the Rings”), Demetrious Polychron referred to his in his lawsuit Book The Fellowship of the King (“The King’s Fellowship”), set after the conclusion of JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings novels. While he accused Amazon’s Rings of the Creators of Power and the Tolkien Estate of having taken over entire storylines, characters and images, his work was also scrutinized by the rights holders of the Tolkien heirs.
The fantasy author has now filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles, according to Bloomberglaw’s trial reporters Copyright Court Case for Authoring and Selling an Unauthorized Lord of the Rings Sequel On neck.
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In fact, Polychron admits to being “inspired” by Tolkien’s world, but claims to have created a book entirely of its own. His accusers countered this “amazing number of protected elements from the Tolkien canon” into the field, including 15 poems, hundreds of well-known Tolkien characters and recycling of the entire trilogy storyline. Apparently there is also a letter in which Polychron 2017 (unsuccessfully) pitched the idea of a Lord of the Rings sequel to a Tolkien grandson.
The Fellowship of the King stands a poor chance against Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings steward
It remains unclear whether Polchron merely wanted to generate attention for his novel with the lawsuit, was reacting to a previously threatened legal dispute with the Tolkien Estate, or actually believed that his claim would be successful. But it seems the shot backfired.
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Demetrious Polychron’s book The Fellowship of the King can no longer be found on the wrestler’s home Amazon, although its author page* shows it must have once been available there. Insights into the unofficial Lord of the Rings sequel can currently only be obtained via Internet reading samples.
Meanwhile, on Reddit, it is being discussed that this course was more than foreseeable: write polychron basically Lord of the Rings fanfictionwhich is allowed as long as you don’t earn money from it.
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Netflix, Disney+, Amazon and Co. have several exciting fantasy series in the starting blocks for the coming months. Whether ghost detectives, German myths with villainous heroes or the real-life anime series for One Piece and Avatar: We present the next 13 highlights to you.
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Alongside The Witcher season 3, the angel-devil duo from Good Omens are also returning to the stream for a season 2 after four years. You can also discover a few promising fantasy series that you probably haven’t heard of until now.
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