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Was “Parma Endorion” stolen? Is distributing e-books “theft?”
01.06.09 | Permalink | Comment?

I was confused by this post by Michael Martinez on the Tolkien Studies Blog. He’s mad that a copy of his e-book, Parma Endorion, escaped into the Internet badlands as a non-protected PDF file, and is being shared without his explicit permission. Some thoughts…
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Does anyone really want to collect pieces of Tolkien’s house?
11.10.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

Now they’re ripping up the house and selling off the pieces. Of the house. Like they’re relics, and the proximity of this random piece of wood or rock has somehow been magically imbued with a Tolkienian essence. What’s next, finger bones?

Was “Parma Endorion” stolen? Is distributing e-books “theft?”