from Morthoron
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they cannot use part of the LotR appendices either (those parts that deal with events in the 1st and 2nd age, and which are covered in the Silmarillion
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That opinion goes against every single thing I have ever heard - including long debates on this site - about what rights Zaentz purchased. My understanding is that he bought cover to cover rights with nothing exempted. That would include the Appendicies as written but no more.
I would point out that the film rights were sold
BEFORE the publishing of the SIL.
If you have factual documentation to support this new, far more restrictive viewpoint, I would love to read it.