Amazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive.

Jo Miran@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com – 515 points –
‘Lord of the Rings’: Amazon and Tolkien Estate Win Copyright Lawsuit Over TV Show, Copycat Book
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He tried to take them to court?!

They were...not smart lol.

Well if they did plagiarize some independent's fanfiction, and they can get away with that, it really limits the remedies for independent writers when their unpaid for script drafts end up being used for storylines.