Beyond the Tolkien Estate

[davem]

I've pointed this out elsewhere, but the Second Ed Sil is copyrighted:

The JRR Tolkien Copyright Trust & CR Tolkien 1977.

& HoME has the same.

The new 50th Anniversary Edition of LotR is copyrighted:

The Trustees of The JRR Tolkien 1967 Settlement.

I don't know whether there's a difference between copyright in an author's name & copyright owned by a 'trust'.

Let's face it, though, there is no-one (& there never will be) with Tolkien's knowledge of Middle earth, its languages, history & peoples and his storytelling abilities. Tolkien's creation was constantly evolving, & was never at any time 'fixed'. How could anyone step into his shoes?