Big game companies try to keep the up-and-coming companies down by finding any way they can to topple them over, so they eliminate competition before it begins. It's a standard business technique, really. It happens all over, too, not just the video game world. In the music industry, independent record companies only control about 11% of the overall nation-wide music sales, but almost 80-90% of the most famous musicians were originally contracted to an independent company, and got jacked by a major company as soon as they got the slightest bit noticed.
Bethesda also has a tendency to sue people for just about anything they can... They even sued the company that was making the Table-Top D-20 version of Fallout. Albeit they didn't ask for permission, and this situation isn't even the SLIGHTEST bit comparable to that one, as that was a blatant copyright and trademark infringement, but THIS... If I'm not mistaken, trademarks don't protect EVERY SINGLE WORD in your trademark title.
I never really had much respect for Bethesda, anyway. Their games are dull, and poorly made. If it weren't for Elder Scrolls, they'd be a dead company by now.
I can't imagine how anyone could keep Minecraft down. They're innovative and famous, so even if you take away all they're money, they'll earn more in the next 5 minutes and still be able to pay their fees. They're also the first of their kind, so all the other games are
"copies". Also, they have a great modding community.
does this remind anyone of apple and android? apple can't take the fact that android outsells iphone 2 to 1 so they sue over things like a black bezel surrounding a rectangular screen.......anyways she needs to shut the front door and stay in her own business.
We should countersue for claiming the word "scrolls"! Seriously though, Notch said he really liked those games and that he was going to promote them after the big release. But no way in hell he is now. Jerks!
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
It's not that I hate you, it's just that, if you were on fire and I had water... I would drink it
what the f**K that's not fair because what if i wanted to make a game seris called the scrolls of earth or the ancient scrolls i can't now because the world is trademarked and what does that say hu? oh yea all people can't use scrolls in there game name? i would sue them for sueing mojang for [email protected]$$ holes are what they are
More importantly, the word "The" is part of their title, and by their reasoning, part of their trademark. Have fun writing sentences with the word "The" from now on
omfg i mean like "scrolls"? how the hell can people get "scrolls" mixed up with elder scrolls... its like saying most of bethesda's customers are idiots. seriously lets go sue mojang for the word "scrolls" what idiots
Yep, and anybody who decides to start a real life mining operation and place the word "Mine" in their mine name will get sued by Mojang. And don't get me started about how many people have used the letter "I", which is in Mario, Link, Minecraft, Terraria, Gmail, etc.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Neckbeards! Doctor Cichocki does not approve of stupidity and neither do I, stop the spread of damned useless rules!
I can't imagine how anyone could keep Minecraft down. They're innovative and famous, so even if you take away all they're money, they'll earn more in the next 5 minutes and still be able to pay their fees. They're also the first of their kind, so all the other games are
"copies". Also, they have a great modding community.
OMFG how dare you
edit: sorry didnt see others replies