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ClumsyPilot
10 months ago
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Tolkien estate wins court order to destroy fan's '...
Taking away the hammer would placing the fanwork into public domain.
Here, we are specifically destroying the hammer as a punishment.
ceejayoz
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It woudl be odd for the court to resolve a copyright infringement case by
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copyright infringement. It's not theirs to put in the public domain; it's the Tolkien estate's IP.
runeofdoom
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It is, for all practical purposes. The court posted the whole thing in an official document.
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Here, we are specifically destroying the hammer as a punishment.