] 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]

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