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Originally Posted by davem
The children's camp thing (let's not forget that proper names cannot be copyrighted - plus the fact that Rivendell is basically a compound of two standard, if slightly archaic, english words: riven=broken or split, dell=valley. Claiming you hold the copyright on riven+dell is about equivalent to claiming you own the copyright on foot+print & only a lawyer would try that one) was a thoroughly unpleasant act of legal thuggery.
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Well, you could also say
Grey Havens and
The Shire ought to be open use, since they too have meanings outside the realm of Tolkien. But why
use names like that, unless the Tolkien connection (and accompanying publicity) is what you're aiming for?