Tolkien Estate

The Tolkien Estate is the legal body which manages the copyrights of J.R.R. Tolkien's works. It mainly holds the copyright over the literary texts. Until August of 2017, the executors of the estate included Christopher Tolkien, his wife Baillie Tolkien, and Christopher's nephew Michael Tolkien. Cathleen Blackburn of Manches & Co. has been the estate's solicitor for many years.
The film and merchandise rights for and were sold by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1969, and are currently owned by , a company that for a long time was run by Saul Zaentz as The Saul Zaentz Company.
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== External links ==
*Tolkien Estate Official Website
*Tolkien Estate at Wikipedia
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*Estate (law) at Wikipedia
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