{"id":502766,"date":"2025-11-16T23:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T23:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2189105"},"modified":"2025-11-16T23:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T23:49:42","slug":"classic-lord-of-the-rings-video-game-mod-hit-with-copyright-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/classic-lord-of-the-rings-video-game-mod-hit-with-copyright-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Lord of the Rings video game mod hit with copyright notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/classic-lord-of-the-rings-video-game-mod-hit-with-copyright-notice.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Lord of the Rings themed mod for Total War: Attila has been hit with a copyright notice.<\/p>\n<p>The mod in question is Rise of Mordor, and it has been around for eons. And yet, in the same week that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-02-10-the-lord-of-the-rings-film-and-games-rights-up-for-sale\">Lord of the Rings film and game rights have also happened to go up for sale<\/a>, Warner Bros has issued a DMC takedown claim to its developers. Interesting timing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-02-11-prolific-lord-of-the-rings-video-game-mod-hit-with-copyright-notice\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-02-11-prolific-lord-of-the-rings-video-game-mod-hit-with-copyright-notice\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Lord of the Rings themed mod for Total War: Attila has been hit with a copyright notice. The mod in question is Rise of Mordor, and it has been around for eons. And yet, in the same week that the Lord of the Rings film and game rights have also happened to go up for sale, Warner Bros has issued a DMC takedown claim to its developers. Interesting timing. 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