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Bethesda Sues Minecraft Devs Over One Stupid Word

Posted on Friday, August 5 @ 11:22:28 Eastern by


[Update: You can read more here on Markus Persson's blog.]

Markus Persson, a programmer codenamed "Notch" for Minecraft devs Mojang, has revealed in a series of recent Tweets that Bethesda is suing them over the word "Scrolls", the name of their future game. That's because it would be confusing to idiots who can't tell the difference between "Scrolls" and "The Elder Scrolls". The above screenshot is the first page of the claim, written in Swedish, out of fifteen dead-tree pages.


Yeah, this is what the world's legal system boils down to... it's pathetic. Why don't I just create a game with every possible permutation of letters and numbers in the title, trademark it, and then sue everyone? I could be the gaming equivalent of that guy who earns hundreds of thousands of dollars suing every shop that doesn't have handicapped access.

Markus Persson, thankfully, has a cool head on Twitter:
 
    I still <3 Bethesda. This is hopefully just lawyers being lawyers.

    Hey, journalists! A million of you want a statement from me, so I'll make a blog post when I get home with all the info I have! :)

    (I will not* accept bribes for exclusives)

Ugh, don't get me started on exclusives. I only have enough rage for one topic a day, thank you...
Related Games:   Minecraft, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Tags:   Bethesda, Minecraft


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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 11:49 am
    Smacks of all that "Edge" bull ****.
    0 1
  • usaglory
    usaglory
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
    Just wait till they start suing for the use of the word "The".
    0 1
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
    Jersey Shore
    0 2
  • Mitchy_Slick_253
    Mitchy_Slick_253
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
    so they are the same game or what?
    0 0
  • stylekiller
    stylekiller
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 12:54 pm
    **** there goes my game "Elder" where you play as Marty a 95 year old Jewish man in Miami waiting for his kids to come visit him.
    0 2
  • Nick_Tan
    Nick_Tan
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 1:00 pm
    I guess that would be survival horror?
    0 5
  • stylekiller
    stylekiller
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
    More along the lines the horror of survival.
    0 3
  • Amorphis
    Amorphis
    Joined: Dec 2010
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 1:40 pm
    I'm suing you, I have a grandma who is considered an Elder...infringe elsewhere!
    0 2
  • Bretimus_v2
    Bretimus_v2
    Joined: Jan 2009
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 12:58 pm
    Lawyers are awesome. I think he should change in to "Some Older Scrolls".
    0 2
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
    Its said that the amount of lawyers in the world is hugely more than what is needed by society so to keep themselves feeling useful frivolous lawsuits spring up everywhere. Exhibit A, scroll up...aw s*** now theyll sue me for using the word too.
    0 1
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 3:43 pm
    This is why we can't have nice things.
    0 2
  • Mitchy_Slick_253
    Mitchy_Slick_253
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 10:01 pm
    no that would be because you touch yourself
    0 0
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Aug 5th, 2011 at 10:24 pm
    They'll probably want 5 cents every time I Scroll the mouse wheel a Notch.
    0 6
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 8th, 2011 at 7:25 am
    Hey De-Ting everybody likes what you said. *points at thumbs up button* Maybe GR will feature it in The People Speak.


    (Yes, this is to nominate De-Ting to The People Speak.)
    0 1
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Aug 8th, 2011 at 10:58 am
    Thanks, but I don't think dan will ever look at this again...by himself. >_>
    0 1
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Aug 8th, 2011 at 11:17 am
    I actually look at every post of the past week before putting together The People Speak for this very reason.
    0 1
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Aug 6th, 2011 at 12:35 am
    To be fair, whenever I hear the word "scroll(s)" I *DO* think TES. It's just not a word you hear often in this day and age outside of that context.
    0 0
  • Squiggy
    Squiggy
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Aug 6th, 2011 at 1:11 am
    I think Town Portal.
    0 1
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 6th, 2011 at 1:19 am
    I think identify
    0 1
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 6th, 2011 at 10:58 am
    I think Dead Sea...
    0 1
  • JunkyArd
    JunkyArd
    Joined: Aug 2006
    Posted: Aug 6th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
    I think ****ing wizards and crap like that. lol.
    0 1
  • CaptainPicard
    CaptainPicard
    Joined: Sep 2010
    Posted: Aug 6th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
    i can see them suing for using words like Morrowind, Oblivion, or Skyrim... but not over a piece of the title that is made of three common words.
    0 1

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