At 18:45 -0600 2002-03-12, David Starner wrote:
> > Would it even be *legal* to
>> include those characters (referring to U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN)?
>
>One journal written in [Quenya] in Tengwar asked a lawyer that question,
>and was told that it was completely legal for them to use the language
>and script. I would think Unicode's liability would be less. The heirs
>of Tolkein's estate have not objected legally to any use of Tengwar that
>I've heard of.
The Tolkien estate is concerned about its rights to Tolkien's
unpublished manuscripts, for instance, but not about the use of
Tengwar by scholars or enthusiasts. Tolkien was himself delighted to
receive letters written in his alphabets.
-- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com
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