Save the Shire!
This is about the Saul Zaentz Company, who, three months ago, filed to get the word "Shire" trademarked. They already have the word "hobbit" trademarked and are going after some small businesses in England who just happen to have the word in their business name or product materials.
Read more about it here.
Why are we concerned? Because there are many hobbyists, artists, fan-sites, small businesses, even towns in England with "Shire" in their names. After all, Shires have existed in England for centuries.
If the Saul Zaentz Company acquires the trademark to "Shire", my 5 year-old site raisingtheshire.com could also be shut down. And that would be a sad thing for me, a Tolkien fan and a lover of the lore of Middle Earth, and who holds hobbits and the Shire very dear to my heart.
We think greed is a very nasty thing. So we must fight against a greedy corporation who is acting separately from the Tolkien Estate. If J.R.R. were alive, he wouldn't stand for this nonsense and he would have fought too, we're sure.
Please help by spreading the word. When tweeting or posting, please use the official hashtag, #savetheshire as well to tag @middleearthnews on twitter or facebook.com/middleearthnews.
thank you!
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