• frezik@midwest.social
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      7 months ago

      The books go into public domain in 20 years. Now that Christopher Tolkien is out of the way (who tended to block a lot of stuff, for better or worse) , the current heirs want as much out of it as they can.

      20 years might sound like a lot, but that’s about as much time as between the Peter Jackson movies and now.

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      7 months ago

      Tbh they seem to be a lot more “hands off” with non-canon stuff, which I think includes all of the LOTR/middle earth licensed games, and that’s not a bad thing imo.