draighox Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Is there a law, which states that it is illegal to write a sequel to the Lord of the Rings? I'm having an argument with somebody, who says there isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosmaker Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Well its gonna be pretty hard to write a the sequel because to my knowledge if you copy there names and trademarked stuff it's against the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draighox Posted April 12, 2005 Author Share Posted April 12, 2005 Oh, it's written. Ever heard of Perumov and his "The Dark Ring", or something? I'm suprised that nothing has been done against him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosmaker Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Nope I've never heard of it. Should I have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KzinistZerg Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 There is no law stopping you from writing it. There is probably is one forbidding the sale of it... whether or not you use the official title of the fourth book in the series. Copyrights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaiv Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 The same copyrights that barred the MEMod from being finished. [Not necessarily barred, but they provided the grounds on which the METeam could have been sued if they finished and produced it.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 From what I've heard from friends involved in various fanfiction communities, yes, it's illegal to steal someone else's characters/stories/etc and use them in your own work without permission. But most of the time, you can get away with it... they aren't actively prosecuting people unless you start causing a lot of trouble. As long as you don't try to publish it, you can write all the stories you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draighox Posted April 13, 2005 Author Share Posted April 13, 2005 Nope I've never heard of it.Should I have?No, I don't think so. I just found this webpage and was wondering, if this guy is writing those books legally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Atti_ Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 i heard a rumor..i hope it was just a bad joke..(no it wasnt on april1st :P ) so what i heard is that a new lotr movie is planned..a sequel.. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 So begins the last war of the Third Age Whether it's legal or not, that guy should be put to the stakes for that :P (I assume the above quote can be seen as a general example of the accuracy that person has mantained in his continuation of an uncontinuable story - heck, Tolkien himself failed at writing a sequel to the Lord of the Rings, how should that guy be able to accomplish one? - Not even to dig into the matter whether he has any right to do that at all, not only in legal terms.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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