Did Tolkien have copyrights to the languages created by him? Why Māori are more powerful than the Professor? And how the Oracle vs. Google case helps us to understand the protection of Quenya?

In this episode, intellectual property lawyers Victor and Anton talk about legal protection of Quenya, Java, Māori and other languages.

Key moments:

00:00 Go!

00:46 Tolkien's copyrights history: Recap of the previous episode of Copycast

01:31 Did Tolkien have copyrights to his languages?

08:50 What if Tolkien was Māori...

11:09 Māori vs. Lego Bionicle  

13:12 Class of Aragorn

16:45 Kia Ora case

18:05 Oracle vs. Google case

19:40 Copyright to languages in future

To learn more about intellectual property rights to the Tolkien's legacy, listen to the previous episode of Copycast.

We also present to you a complete timeline of Tolkien's copyright: from books to films and even merchandise. You will find out which companies “inherited” the rights to Tolkien’s works, to whom the licensing rights to film adaptations of the professor’s works were transferred in different periods, and, perhaps most importantly... When will anyone be able to freely use The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and other works of the greatest fantasy author.  

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