] The Tolkien estate and Warners have sent out a lawyergram ] to the owner of shiremail.com, arguing that the word ] "Shire" belongs to them. The Register traces over 1,000 ] years of usage of the word "Shire" in England, and ] enumerates many towns with the word "shire" in their ] names across the English countryside. [ I'd like for the heirs of great authors to shut the fuck up for the most part. This just strikes me as unreasoning greed... -k] |