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It was supposed to be what a fan described as a "loving homage" to his hero, author JRR Tolkien, and to "The Lord of the Rings," which he called "one
Aita Gurung, a Vermont man convicted of killing his wife with a meat cleaver, will serve at least 27 years in prison after a court decision, with Judge John Pacht saying, "We have rage and serious mental health issues going on. We know that they can be compatible, and we know that they are both present in this case."
Ruling that the fan’s unauthorized book violated copyright protections, a judge barred him from distributing it and ordered him to destroy all electronic and physical copies of it.
It comes after Demetrious Polychron filed a lawsuit against the Tolkien estate and Amazon in April 2023 which was dismissed.