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Copyright didn't seem to stop authors of D&D or many derivative fantasy novels that have more in common with Lord of the Rings than West Side Story with Shakespeare.

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Why do you think D&D calls hobbits halflings, and ents treants? TSR has a vexed history with Tolkien's estate.

Has had. TSR doesn't exist anymore.

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