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A comment on Tolkien Estate Wins Court Order to Destroy Fan's 'Lord of the Rings' Sequel. Parent comment

Re:Tolkien Estate Wins Court Order to Destroy Fan's 'Lord of... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday December 21, 2023 @12:26PM (#38723518)
> Because he egregiously misbehaved with his, and this is the resulting punishment

This is like some new form of justice, where, if you hit someone with a hammer we punish the hammer?

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Re:Tolkien Estate Wins Court Order to Destroy Fan's 'Lord of... by ceejayoz on Thursday December 21, 2023 @12:29PM (#38723575)
No; we take away your hammers. It's quite an old approach.
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Re:Tolkien Estate Wins Court Order to Destroy Fan's 'Lord of... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday December 21, 2023 @12:48PM (#38723865)
Taking away the hammer would placing the fanwork into public domain.

Here, we are specifically destroying the hammer as a punishment.

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Re:Tolkien Estate Wins Court Order to Destroy Fan's 'Lord of... by ceejayoz on Thursday December 21, 2023 @12:53PM (#38723946)
It woudl be odd for the court to resolve a copyright infringement case by more copyright infringement. It's not theirs to put in the public domain; it's the Tolkien estate's IP.
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Re:Tolkien Estate Wins Court Order to Destroy Fan's 'Lord of... by runeofdoom on Friday December 22, 2023 @04:24PM (#38738830)
It is, for all practical purposes. The court posted the whole thing in an official document.
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Re:Tolkien Estate Wins Court Order to Destroy Fan's 'Lord of... by drewcoo on Thursday December 21, 2023 @01:04PM (#38724104)
It seems like you're saying "IP claims" are a hammer.

So, yes, I favor destroying all hammers.

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