Tolkien Estate Wins Copyright Lawsuit Against Fan Fiction Writer

Demetrious Polychron, who published his own sequel to The Lord of the Rings, is ordered to destroy all copies and pay $134,000 in legal fees.

Demetrious Polychron, a fan fiction writer, has been sued by the estate of JRR Tolkien for copyright infringement after publishing his own sequel to The Lord of the Rings.
Polychron had initially sued the Tolkien estate and Amazon, claiming their TV series, Rings of Power, infringed the copyright of his book, The Fellowship of the King.
The court dismissed Polychron's lawsuit, ruling that his book was infringing on Amazon's prequel, and the Tolkien Estate then filed a separate lawsuit against Polychron.
The court granted a permanent injunction against Polychron, preventing him from selling his book and any other planned sequels, and ordered him to destroy all physical and electronic copies of the book.
The court also awarded lawyer's fees totalling $134,000 (£106,000) to the Tolkien Estate and Amazon in connection with Polychron's lawsuit.