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Amazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive. (variety.com)

submitted 2 years ago by JoMiran@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

He has a point about simplifications when it comes to media and art being approachable by the masses (and I say this with no insult intended, simplification of anything will always have broader appeal). See popular music vs avante-guard jazz (i.e. Miles Davis, probably the most-approachable of the type!)

But holy cow what a condescending, arrogant, insulting pick.

Fuck him and anything he ever touches.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

And we Americans complain about our own dumbing down of media to ship overseas.

I'm glad I didn't watch the show.

[-] Norgur@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Thing is: They are working from the basis of media that has been successful already. So the amount of "dumbing down" neccessary to achieve a somewhat broad appeal has already been done by the author of the original, so to speak. Their argument doesn't hold any water whatsoever on no level imaginable.