Talk:Game Updates/@comment-208.127.185.131-20120514051126/@comment-4775325-20120514122615

Yes Tolkien's works are still copyrighted, the UK has the same 70 year term but just like the US it is actually 70 years from the death of the author and Tolkien died in 1973. The current license holder for the Hobbit (and thus Smaug) is Tolkien Enterprizes and with a new film coming out you can bet that images related to the film will be licensed.