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[–] anewbeginning@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The author then filed suit against both Amazon and the Tolkien estate, claiming the streaming series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” had borrowed from his sequel and infringed his copyright.

The gall.

[–] sheepishly@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

I honestly wouldn't even be surprised. What was it, that thing with Star Trek Discovery taking plot points from some adventure game with space-faring tardigrades?