{"id":15118,"date":"2022-08-18T09:30:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T08:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/embracer-group-acquiring-rights-to-lord-of-the-rings-and-hobbit-ip-plus-more\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T09:30:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T08:30:43","slug":"embracer-group-acquiring-rights-to-lord-of-the-rings-and-hobbit-ip-plus-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/embracer-group-acquiring-rights-to-lord-of-the-rings-and-hobbit-ip-plus-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracer Group acquiring rights to Lord of the Rings and Hobbit IP, plus more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nEmbracer Group is to buy Middle-earth Enterprises, which will give the Swedish conglomerate the rights to JRR Tolkien&#8217;s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn a <a href=\"https:\/\/embracer.com\/release\/embracer-group-enters-into-agreement-to-acquire-ip-rights-to-the-lord-of-the-rings-and-the-hobbit-literary-works-by-j-r-r-tolkien\/\">press release<\/a>, Embracer discussed its process of buying Middle-earth Enterprises, although it did not disclose the sum of this deal, citing &#8220;commercial reasons&#8221; for this decision.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis deal will mean that Embracer will own the rights to motion pictures, video games, board games, merchandising, theme parks and stage productions relating to Tolkien&#8217;s works.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/embracer-group-acquiring-rights-to-lord-of-the-rings-and-hobbit-ip-plus-more\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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