Kili the Romantic

[davem]

Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin

Christopher Tolkien is in something like the position of the son of a legendary chef, forced to watch Papa's name slapped on a wildly successful worldwide chain of burger joints.

Annoying for him, certainly, but no-one's being force fed the burgers. And if papa sold his right to the name being used then I don't see how you can impute any fault to the buyer for using what is their own property in whatever way they see fit.