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> Calling tolkein a business rivial is a bit much. Tolkein is long dead

The Tolkien estate, however, isn't. And Amazon are spending a lot of money on LoTR spinoff shows.



Amazon's not going to cancel the TV show over internet nerd rants about historicity, and GRRM's financial concerns would have been much more productively supported if he'd spoken up against D&D's massacre of his IP, not trying to massacre Tolkien's


> internet nerd rants about historicity

Sorry, I'm just an internet pedant picking up the point that although Tolkien is dead, there are several people / institutions with a big stake in the legacy of his writings.




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