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Bethesda And Mojang Resolve Ridiculous "Scrolls" Dispute

Posted on Monday, March 12 @ 10:26:18 Eastern by

Last year, Bethesda sued Minecraft developer Mojang over their upcoming title "Scrolls" due to copyright infringement, which is like Monty Python suing us for making the movie Holy Grail. At the time, Daniel Kaplan of Mojang said that they were "going to do as much as we can, since I really hate it how the big boys always get their own way".

It seems that pledge won't be fully realized. Today, Bethesda owners ZeniMax and Mjoang have reached a settlement, where ZeniMax retains all rights to the "Scrolls" trademark but Mojang will be allowed via licenese to use the "Scrolls" name for its existing Scrolls digital card game. However, Mojang will be unable to make a sequel to the card game or make any video game with the Scrolls name.

Chairman and CEO of ZeniMax Robert Altman is more than satisfied with the result:
We are pleased to have settled this matter with Mojang amicably. The Elder Scrolls is an important brand to us, and with this settlement we were able to protect our valuable property rights while allowing Mojang to release their digital card game under the name they preferred.
Of course, I still don't understand the point. No one will be confused between The Elder Scrolls and Scrolls; if you are, you deserve to be confused. All this settlement really does is sow bitterness between big corp ZeniMax (plus Bethesda by association) and the indie development community.

In future news, Mojang announces their new game, "Rolls of Papyrus".
Related Games:   Minecraft, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim


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  • warmaster670
    warmaster670
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2012 at 10:34 am
    Rolls of Papyrus actually doesnt sound that bad.
    0 3
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2012 at 1:24 pm
    Rolls of Papyrus for the win.
    0 2
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2012 at 2:11 pm
    Rolls of Papyrus DLC: Quills and Ink
    0 0
  • NecroWolf
    NecroWolf
    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2012 at 11:36 am
    I have three opinions on this. Opinion one) This is stupid, and it is a pointless lawsuit. Opinion two) I don't really like the indie game scene, and I don't like a lot of indie game developers, so it doesn't bother me that much. Opinion three) HAHA TROLLED BY BETHESDA.
    1 1
  • UpAndAtThem
    UpAndAtThem
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
    Oh god! I had to scroll down to read the whole article! Will Bethesda sue me next?

    I'm removing the scroll lock key on my keyboard so they don't sue me over that too. It's not like it has a use anyway.
    0 0
  • mrallamericanboy
    mrallamericanboy
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Mar 12th, 2012 at 2:48 pm
    it took me about 45 seconds to find the scroll lock on my keyboard... didn't know we had those...
    0 0
  • Ashalar
    Ashalar
    Joined: Jan 2008
    Posted: Mar 13th, 2012 at 4:17 am


    TL:DR version:
    We still got the key, it is a relic of ages past, and only very few programs still use it.
    0 0
  • Ashalar
    Ashalar
    Joined: Jan 2008
    Posted: Mar 13th, 2012 at 4:18 am
    Awww... the wiki link was removed.

    Any ways, look it up on wikipedia, a boring read altogether. ;)
    0 0

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