Film Rights to First & Second Age

[Sauron the White]

davem .. believe me my friend I never confused you with someone who cares.
But you did say this:

Zaentz has the same rights now as he purchased from UA.

Perhaps he does. But the ability to utilize those rights has been diminished by the actions of CT and the Estate in putting before the public a competing and more complete version of The Silmarallion. Is that ethical for the Estate, or anyone for that matter to engage in a business practice that has that effect without some degree of working things out with the person who held those rights before they were diminished?