• CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    I really wish the Tolkien Estate would just sue all these surveillance and military companies over copyright infringements.

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      1 day ago

      Me too, but don’t keep your hopes up; in many countries when you don’t actively guard your IP from the get go, you can’t take them to court years later. :(

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        24 hours ago

        Which is why I’m confused I never heard of any legal action from the copyrights or trademark holders. The Tolkien Estate is quite litigious from what I’ve heard and you can’t tell me a spyware called Palantir or a weapon called Anduril is too far removed from Tolkien’s writing that it wouldn’t count as an infringement.

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          24 hours ago

          Might not even matter how far removed it is from his writing. Don’t think i could start a bike company called Harry Potter or a fast food chain called LEGO.