Comments on: UPDATED: Zazzle.com (and a little bit of the JRR Tolkien Estate) Can Go Fuck Themselves

By: Adam Rakunas

Adam Rakunas — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:35:35 +0000

I am now closing this post for comments, as it's attracting less human attention and more content farm attention. If you'd like to continue discussing this, please go to the follow-up post, The Zazzle Emails. Except you, Mary, until you admit that this button is far from silly and is, in fact, awesome.

By: Laura J. Underwood

Laura J. Underwood — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:31:17 +0000

Someone needs to remind C.T. that he cannot trademark a public figure, nor can he claim trademark on any word that is listed in the OED. In fact, maybe someone should give him an OED so he can learn what words his father used that were already in use, and therefore cannot be trademarked.

By: Adam Rakunas

Adam Rakunas — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:44:39 +0000

This button is awesome, and I will defend it until I don’t care any more.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:59:50 +0000

I think that’s a far better case to defend than this silly button.

By: Funkitron

Funkitron — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:25:14 +0000

Black market Tolkien buttons ftw. Someone needs to sell these puppies again!

By: sanych

sanych — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:47:10 +0000

A Texas author is at odds with the J.R.R. Tolkien estate over plans to publish a fictional book that features Tolkien as a character and includes a critical analysis of Tolkien’s books.

Stephen Hilliard is going to court in an attempt to release “Mirkwood, A Novel About J.R.R. Tolkien,” to be published by Cruel Rune….

(from: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/thr-esq/jrr-tolkien-estate-threatens-lawsuit-101528?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed)

By: The name Tolkien is being censored | Welcome to My World

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By: Adam Rakunas

Adam Rakunas — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:30:12 +0000

Looks like even the trolls are afraid of using The Name That Must Not Be Named.

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.log : while you were reading Tolkien… — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:19:41 +0000

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By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:18:38 +0000

Writers are all about professional jealousy. If you all want to make money for yourselves by dissing Tolkien, why not find someone to pay you to write a full-on critique, instead of wanking?