Hi Thomas,
The LOTR books are still copyrighted.
The Dungeons and Dragons books got around copyright by calling their half
sized humanoids Halflings instead of hobbits.
Other creatures like Elves and Gnomes are generic names that have been used
for centuries and thus can't be copyrighted.
Phil
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