Mojang AB recently received a "cease-and-desist" letter for copyright infringement - using the trademarked name "Putt Putt"! Unfortunately, the claim assumes that Mojang is - by way of Minecraft - authorizing the use of their name and likeness, when this is simply not the case.
Often, the legal department of a company will automatically send cease-and-desist letters to anything their searches turn up that might match their criteria, without reviewing the material in detail. This can seem like a senseless action to anyone who's not been a part of a major corporation's legal team; however, they often have oceans of these kinds of claims to sort through, and it's often simpler to send out blanket requests, with the expectation that legitimate claims will be responded to. For the rest of us, it can result in hilarious misfires, like this one.
Pictured: Not Mojang
Mojang is, of course, not making any use of the amusement center franchise's trademarks.
What sort of golf mods or maps have you come across that are awesome? I'd love to hear about them in the comments!
So much this.
The saddest part is "Putt Putt Butt Butt" is the funniest pun we can make. Anything else and you start poking fun at Tiger Woods instead of minigolf.
On the bright side a custom map got some recognition it would otherwise not have received. My question is how would a golf map work without a mod to let you play golf unless you make the whole course out of ice or something lol.
You must be confusing the fact that he left the Minecraft development team for him having left Mojang entirely; Notch is still the CEO of Mojang. Don't forget that Mojang isn't just about Minecraft. Right now, Notch is paying most of his attention to the development of 0x10c, which is also a game from Mojang.
Those video streamers and hosters didn't know what they were in for.Now, because they probably don't know about this, they are going to get 'em sued.