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It's tacky, it's trite, and I came up with the idea. It's also quite clearly fair use, given the following common criteria:
1. The purpose and character of the use - it's being used in parody, which is protected under US, UK, and maybe international law. It is clearly paraphrased to make this clear. See also:
2. The nature of the copyrighted work.
3. The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole. - The proportion of text used in relation to The Fellowship Of The Ring (screenplay, book, or movie) is minimal.
4. The effect of the use on the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work. - Nobody is going to be having fun reading our banner instead of watching FotR again, thus losing New Line millions of dollars.
Also taken into consideration would be the fact that we are a non-profit entity (Diku license).
I wish people would do a little more research on laws before accusing everything that is the tiniest bit derivative of being 'illegal'.
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