2 Jun, 2020
2020-6-2 4:53:57 AM UTC
I'm sure that the Tolkien Estate will be closely looking at this ruling.
The estate of Watership Down author Richard Adams has won back all of the rights to the late author’s classic novel about anthropomorphised rabbits, in a high court ruling against the director of the famed animated adaptation.
The high court in London ruled on 27 May that Martin Rosen, the US director of the 1978 adaptation of Adams’s novel, had wrongly claimed that he owned all rights to the book, in which a group of rabbits fight to survive the destruction of their warren.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020 ... k-rights-to-classic-novel
2 Jun, 2020
2020-6-2 8:58:11 AM UTC
Trotter wrote:
I'm sure that the Tolkien Estate will be closely looking at this ruling.l
I am sure like any literary estate they will be interested but why a close look? Am I missing something specific that makes this case interesting to the Estate?
2 Jun, 2020
2020-6-2 9:38:19 AM UTC
2 Jun, 2020
2020-6-2 10:33:35 AM UTC
Trotter wrote:
Look at this article on Middle-Earth Enterprises and Legal Disputes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth_Enterprises
Ahh I see, I didn't connect the cases at first. Yes, I guess they will be interested in the specifics. I am sure though that they and all other estates that hold copyright will study many cases of these sorts.
I know many in the entertainment industry are watching the AMC/Frank Darabont case closely to see how it works out as it sets a benchmark for future cases and future dealings among creators.
2 Jun, 2020
2020-6-2 2:07:51 PM UTC
I've got a feeling that the Estate and the publishers - Houghton Mifflin and HarperCollins - will work to ensure that rights won't expire: even if it's things getting slightly re-published (ie, Tree and Leaf, The Tolkien Reader, Poems and Stories and Tales From the Perilous Realm) from time to time. Plus, new artists to illustrate existing works, and anniversary editions (count on a 75th anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings, and a 100th anniversary edition of The Hobbit, for instance)
2 Jun, 2020
2020-6-2 4:18:36 PM UTC
onthetrail wrote:
Trotter wrote:
Look at this article on Middle-Earth Enterprises and Legal Disputes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth_Enterprises
Ahh I see, I didn't connect the cases at first. Yes, I guess they will be interested in the specifics. I am sure though that they and all other estates that hold copyright will study many cases of these sorts.
I know many in the entertainment industry are watching the AMC/Frank Darabont case closely to see how it works out as it sets a benchmark for future cases and future dealings among creators.
This case may interest them more as there was a ruling, which could be used in their favour.
2 Jun, 2020
2020-6-2 4:57:16 PM UTC
insurrbution wrote:
I've got a feeling that the Estate and the publishers - Houghton Mifflin and HarperCollins - will work to ensure that rights won't expire: even if it's things getting slightly re-published (ie, Tree and Leaf, The Tolkien Reader, Poems and Stories and Tales From the Perilous Realm) from time to time. Plus, new artists to illustrate existing works, and anniversary editions (count on a 75th anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings, and a 100th anniversary edition of The Hobbit, for instance)
I assume you mean copyright when you mention rights
If so then the original texts will fall into public domain as they reach maturity. Revising and adding illustrations or notes/commentaries does not change that. Of course the illustrations, notes/commentaries would still be in copyright.
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