Isn't there anyway to workaround. I'd like to see some new cards or new mechanics. Can't we ask decipher and New Line Cinema for an exception fan set (say once a year 8 cards or so) or something.
Maybe we could even convince them to give us the rights to make a sequel cardgame, playable with lotr, about the hobbit. We create the gametext, they provide the cards and take the profit?