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2011/08/05 21:52:48
Subject: Bethesda suing Notch over new game
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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So yeah, apparently because the new game is called "Scrolls", they're releasing the blood-sucking lawyers. Just in case people mistake it for Skyrim.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/08/05/bethesda-sics-lawyers-on-minecraft-dev-39-s-other-project.aspx
I hope it falls through, or all hope is gone.
People'll start suing left right and centre over one word.
EDIT: http://notch.tumblr.com/ < Notch's blog with his thoughts.
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2011/08/05 23:49:30
Subject: Bethesda suing Notch over new game
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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And my respect for Bethesda just dropped even lower.
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2011/08/05 23:50:02
Subject: Bethesda suing Notch over new game
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Lord Commander in a Plush Chair
In your base, ignoring your logic.
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Well, its a rush job lawsuit, chances are its filled with bugs and is really glitchy.
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2011/08/05 23:51:01
Subject: Bethesda suing Notch over new game
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Ancient Ultramarine Venerable Dreadnought
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halonachos wrote:Well, its a rush job lawsuit, chances are its filled with bugs and is really glitchy.
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2011/08/06 00:00:03
Subject: Bethesda suing Notch over new game
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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If Bethesda win, I call dibs on trademarking the word 'The', and then suing Bethesda for using it in their game titles.
Profits from this case will go to Notch as douchebaggery compensation.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2011/08/06 00:00:25
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
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2011/08/06 00:02:35
Subject: Bethesda suing Notch over new game
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Lord Commander in a Plush Chair
In your base, ignoring your logic.
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Avatar 720 wrote:If Bethesda win, I call dibs on trademarking the word 'The', and then suing Bethesda for using it in their game titles.
Profits from this case will go to Notch as douchebaggery compensation.
Doesn't work retroactively Avatar. The Elder Scrolls has its name patented so a game called Scrolls with a similar setting is close to being copyright infringement in a lawyers' eyes. This will hopefully be called silly and then dropped.
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2011/08/06 00:04:12
Subject: Bethesda suing Notch over new game
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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How dare you try to apply logic on the internet!?
halo, I am disappoint.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
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"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation |
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2011/08/06 00:10:17
Subject: Bethesda suing Notch over new game
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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That's like saying people can't use World in their fantasy-setting game title because people might confuse it with World of Warcrapped.
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2011/08/06 00:48:53
Subject: Bethesda suing Notch over new game
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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This just in: Blizzard is now jumping in on the action as well, suing over the commonality between Minecraft and Warcraft. They stated that both names are entirely too similar and that if Minecraft doesn't change it's name to something like Minebuild or Mineforge, they will have to take drastic action. Notch was about to go with the latter until Microsoft jumped on the bandwagon as well, claming that Mineforge was damaging to Halo Reach's popular Forge mode.
/sarcasm.
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2011/08/06 00:50:49
Subject: Bethesda suing Notch over new game
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Lord Commander in a Plush Chair
In your base, ignoring your logic.
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Melissia wrote:That's like saying people can't use World in their fantasy-setting game title because people might confuse it with World of Warcrapped.
I don't think people can use the word crapped or crap because Melissia is working on those titles and probably has them copyrighted as well.
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2011/08/06 02:15:57
Subject: Re:Bethesda suing Notch over new game
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Sinewy Scourge
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I'm surprised they haven't sued Id over Rage yet considering it looks like Fallout 3.
Oh wait, they own Id.
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2011/08/06 02:17:32
Subject: Re:Bethesda suing Notch over new game
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Lord Commander in a Plush Chair
In your base, ignoring your logic.
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Mr. Self Destruct wrote:I'm surprised they haven't sued Id over Rage yet considering it looks like Fallout 3.
Oh wait, they own Id.
That means they sued and rolled a critical.
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