Tolkien's 1937 novel, The Hobbit , and were later in his The Lord of the Rings book trilogy, and the basis for the hit movie trilogy Lord of the Rings , which earned $3 billion dollars at the box office. Wells' The War of the Worlds , which was released the same year as Steven Spielberg's film based on the same 1898 public domain book. MORE >>

The concept probably started with–wait for it–Lawrence Lessig–in his 2003 New York Times op ed “ Protecting Mickey Mouse at Art’s Expense “   (This from someone with little to do with either Mickey Mouse or art.)  This did not work out so well with Google Books. ” I thought not. Lofgren, right?  MORE >>

The Asylum defended itself by saying that it had fair use to use “Hobbits,” saying the word referred to a real-life human subspecies, Homo Floresiensis, discovered in 2003 in Indonesia. Books by C.S. This year, a few authors attempted to take advantage of an amendment to the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. Show Notes. MORE >>

the author reveals the story behind the headlines. Assange himself, arrested in December on behalf of Swedish authorities for questioning in a sexual-assault investigation, spent time in a British prison before being granted release on bail. He has also written several children’s books and a history of the evolution of sex manuals.) MORE >>

Roe became an issue minutes after the start of the second day of the first Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 11 years and one in which Judge Roberts, President Bush's nominee to be the nation's 17th chief justice, was also questioned on his views on civil rights, gender discrimination, presidential authority and the proper role of judges. MORE >>