The Asylum argued that the film did not violate the Tolkien copyright because the film was about H. floresiensis, "uniformly referred to as 'Hobbits' in the scientific community."
The Asylum je tvrdio da taj film ne krši Tolkienova autorska prava zato što se radi o H. floresiensisu, "koji se podjednako naziva i hobitom u znanstvenoj zajednici."