{"id":31646,"date":"2023-12-19T01:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T01:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/?p=31646"},"modified":"2023-12-19T01:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T01:01:09","slug":"amazon-and-the-tolkien-estate-win-lord-of-the-rings-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/celebrity\/amazon-and-the-tolkien-estate-win-lord-of-the-rings-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon and The Tolkien Estate win Lord of the Rings lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Amazon and The Tolkien Estate win Lord of the Rings lawsuit over an author who claimed they stole Rings of Power TV series from his book<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Author Demetrious Polychron filed a massive $250 million lawsuit against Amazon over their Prime Video series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Polychron claims that the streaming service stole the idea for the series from his 2017 fan fiction book The Fellowship of the King<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A California judge ruled not only for both Amazon and The Tolkien Estate, but ordered Polychron to pay their $134K legal fees as well\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A little-known author&#8217;s massive $250 million lawsuit against Amazon and The Tolkien Estate has failed.<\/p>\n<p>Author Demetrious Polychron filed a $250 million lawsuit against Amazon over their Prime Video streaming service series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.<\/p>\n<p>Polychrone claims that the streaming service stole the idea for the series from his 2017 fan fiction book The Fellowship of the King.<\/p>\n<p>A California judge ruled not only for both Amazon and The Tolkien Estate, but ordered Polychron to pay their $134K legal fees also.<\/p>\n<p>District Court of California judge Stephen V. Wilson threw out both lawuits that Polycron had brought forth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/00\/79108463-12879277-Author_Demetrious_Polychron_filed_a_250_million_lawsuit_against_-a-10_1702946410081.jpg\" height=\"636\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Author Demetrious Polychron filed a $250 million lawsuit against Amazon over their Prime Video streaming service series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/00\/79108499-12879277-Polychrone_claims_that_the_streaming_service_stole_the_idea_for_-a-11_1702946410154.jpg\" height=\"266\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Polychrone claims that the streaming service stole the idea for the series from his 2017 fan fiction book The Fellowship of the King<\/p>\n<p>The author registered his fan fiction sequel book The Fellowship of the King in 2017, which he claimed was the &#8216;pitch perfect sequel to The Lord of the Rings.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He filed the lawsuit in April against both Amazon and The Tolkien Estate, which controls the works of late Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit claimed both Amazon and The Tolkien Estate infringed on his copyright for his fan fiction book.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson not only threw out both lawsuits and ordered Polychron to pay Amazon and The Tolkien Estate&#8217;s legal fees, but he also prevented him from selling The Fellowship of the King.<\/p>\n<p>The judge filed a permanent injunction that prevented Polychron from ever distributing any further copies of The Fellowship of the King.<\/p>\n<p>It also prevented him from selling any copies of his planned sequels or any other derivative works of author JRR Tolkien.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The author has also been ordered to destroy all physical and electronic copies of The Fellowship of the King and file a declaration &#8211; under penalty of perjury &#8211; that he has complied with all of the court&#8217;s requests.<\/p>\n<p>The judge also turned down Polychron&#8217;s request to have Amazon and The Tolkien Estate pay for his legal fees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is an important success for the Tolkien Estate, which will not permit unauthorized authors and publishers to monetize JRR Tolkien\u2019s much-loved works in this way,&#8217; said\u00a0Steven Maier, the Tolkien Estate\u2019s UK solicitor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/00\/79108469-12879277-The_author_registered_his_fan_fiction_sequel_book_The_Fellowship-a-13_1702946410667.jpg\" height=\"266\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The author registered his fan fiction sequel book The Fellowship of the King in 2017, which he claimed was the &#8216;pitch perfect sequel to The Lord of the Rings.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/00\/79108471-12879277-image-a-4_1702946178176.jpg\" height=\"264\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wilson not only threw out both lawsuits and ordered Polychron to pay Amazon and The Tolkien Estate&#8217;s legal fees, but he also prevented him from selling The Fellowship of the King<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/00\/79108485-12879277-The_author_has_also_been_ordered_to_destroy_all_physical_and_ele-a-12_1702946410629.jpg\" height=\"266\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The author has also been ordered to destroy all physical and electronic copies of The Fellowship of the King and file a declaration &#8211; under penalty of perjury &#8211; that he has complied with all of the court&#8217;s requests<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/00\/79108487-12879277-Tolkien_s_work_won_t_enter_public_domain_until_January_1_2044_wh-a-14_1702946410717.jpg\" height=\"266\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tolkien&#8217;s work won&#8217;t enter public domain until January 1, 2044 &#8211; which is 95 years after his first work was published<\/p>\n<p>Tolkien&#8217;s work won&#8217;t enter public domain until January 1, 2044 &#8211; which is 95 years after his first work was published.<\/p>\n<p>The Rings of Power made headlines in 2017 when Amazon obtained the TV rights to Tolkien&#8217;s work for an astonishing $250 million.<\/p>\n<p>The deal was said to be for over $1 billion which included production costs for the sprawling first season.<\/p>\n<p>The show was renewed for a second season, which is believed to return in 2024, though no Season 2 premiere date was given.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a 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