[Brighton] Lord of the Bins

[beorhthelm]

Oh and incidentally I thought The Rings of Power was excellent, much preferred it to the stodgy and bloated Hobbit trilogy, which bored me to tears.

you didnt think RoP was bloated?

 

[jcdenton08]

you didnt think RoP was bloated?

I didn’t, I really enjoyed it - each to their own.

 

[Jim D]

There must be a chippie out there called Lord of the Fries, with the estate of some deceased writer chasing them.

 

[beorhthelm]

I didn’t, I really enjoyed it - each to their own.

i enjoyed it too, but it was pretty slow and could have down with a good edit and better pacing. very much following the Hobbit in bloat and unnecessary extended scenes.

 

[Da Man Clay]

If it was just the name that would be one thing, but the whole logo is a copy.

Very much this. It can’t really be a surprise to them that if it was seen by the copyright owner they might have an issue

 

[jcdenton08]

i enjoyed it too, but it was pretty slow and could have down with a good edit and better pacing. very much following the Hobbit in bloat and unnecessary extended scenes.

The reason I disagree is that RoP is a self contained original story using elements from what they were allowed to use of Tolkien’s work. As it was designed from the ground up, they had more control of the story they wanted to tell within the time allotted.

The Hobbit was taking an existing very simple story and padding it to become some unholy three movie, nine hour piece of cinema bloatware that tried and failed to be LotR without the story to back it up.

I liked RoP because it was very much it’s own thing and very little of it dragged for me personally.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Just change it to “ Bored of the Bins?”

 

[5Ways Gull]

Has Springsteen not kicked off re the Spruce Springclean van you occasionally see around Brighton?

 

[chickens]

While not the legal standpoint, for me it comes down to 'Is the copyright owner losing any money ?' due to the infringement - in this case the answer is no so no case to answer.

This should be the legal test, the complainant should have to be able to prove that there’s a legitimate risk of loss of income. It isn’t, but it bloody well ought to be.