Writer sues Amazon over The Rings of Power, claiming they plagiarized his unofficial LOTR novel

The Rings of Power, the Lord of the Rings series, is in the spotlight for a curious lawsuit filed by a fan of the franchise. Demetrious Polychron wrote an unofficial novel of the franchise some time ago and accuses Amazon Studios of plagiarizing his work for the series.

The fanfic is called The Fellowship of The King: The War of the Rings and is set after the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's work. To everyone's surprise, Polychron sued Amazon for copyright infringement and seeks to obtain at least $250 million in damages.

Polychron claims that Amazon Studios plagiarized parts of his unofficial novel for their series, hence he filed a copyright infringement lawsuit. The writer argues that the series copies several subplots and important character details from The Fellowship of the King: The War of the Rings.

Specifically, he points out that the series plagiarizes some subplots and important details of his characters. The problem is that his work is directly based on Tolkien's work, so fans are puzzled by this lawsuit.

The community sees no sense in the conflict, so they believe that Polychron is only seeking visibility for his work. The author defends his work by arguing that some details of "his characters" were plagiarized when he is actually referring to Tolkien's work.

Therefore, his lawsuit makes no sense, as he does not even have the necessary permissions to work with Tolkien's work, much less the authority to demand payment for intellectual property that does not belong to him. Therefore, it seems that Polychron is the one who could be in trouble, since he sells his novel on various sites and has made profits from it.

It was even discovered that some book reviews warn him of a possible lawsuit, as he is profiting without having the rights to the franchise.

Polychron argues that he sent a manuscript of his novel to Tolkien's family some time ago and waited for a response. However, he never received one and now believes that the writer's grandson read his work and, in the end, they based The Rings of Power on it.