Maybe the people who made the film "Ninja Scroll" could sure Bethesda for using a "similar" name for their game years later. Then they'd see what it feels like to be on the receiving end.
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there is 3million + Minecraft buyers... if we could get say... half? of them to email Bethesda an email, subject line being mojang and the single word "scrolls" as the content... all at the same time... pushing it a little but hey... lets see them lawsuit now! *spams out emails*
seriously though. this is a humongous pile of ****. Bethesda, sure great games. but this is a little uncalled for... and will they sue me as well... I used "scrolls" in this post
bethesda fallout new vegas is one of my fav games but relly
u suck for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ps do you own the word scrolls oh wheat i bet yll
sue me for posting that 2
Random Developer: "ahem. we are suing the everloven crap out of you because you titled a sieres afer our game "scrolls"
Bethesda: " hmph"
Random Developer: " we also have 10,000 indie developers backing us."
Bethesda: "Riiiggght."
Bethesda: "go pike off"
Random Developer puts Bethesda on hold
Bethesda:" AAAAAARRRGGGHH! stupid "it's a small world after all!!"
Random Devloper president: "Relese the lawyers from hell!"
Bethesda is sued.
they lose. horibly. All there work beacomes public domain.
GO INDIE
This is ridiculous... first off, it's a working name, not even the finished project. Secondly, it's one very common word. I hardly think an entity can own a word that's so commonly used. That's like Burger King suing Mcdonald's for calling their burgers burgers.
This is garbage. I wish people would stop using the legal system as another source of income and start using it as it is supposed to be used - to come to a fair conclusion over a conflict.
If Mojang was copying from TES in their game that'd be one thing. But they're completely unrelated. What gives them the right to own one word in every possibly scenario of usage?
Bethesda should grow up, they did not invent the word, so how do they have rights of ownership of it, first person to invent the word scrolls should sue Bethesda then.
ARE YOU ****ING RETARDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Having looked at both logo's i'm not exactly sure where bethesda is getting the products confused
seriously though. this is a humongous pile of ****. Bethesda, sure great games. but this is a little uncalled for... and will they sue me as well... I used "scrolls" in this post
u suck for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ps do you own the word scrolls oh wheat i bet yll
sue me for posting that 2
Random Developer: "ahem. we are suing the everloven crap out of you because you titled a sieres afer our game "scrolls"
Bethesda: " hmph"
Random Developer: " we also have 10,000 indie developers backing us."
Bethesda: "Riiiggght."
Bethesda: "go pike off"
Random Developer puts Bethesda on hold
Bethesda:" AAAAAARRRGGGHH! stupid "it's a small world after all!!"
Random Devloper president: "Relese the lawyers from hell!"
Bethesda is sued.
they lose. horibly. All there work beacomes public domain.
GO INDIE
@minecrzyman bethesda didn't make Fallout: new vegas, but it did make Fallout 3. Also bethesda SOFTWORKS sued not bethesda GAMESTUDIOS.
If Mojang was copying from TES in their game that'd be one thing. But they're completely unrelated. What gives them the right to own one word in every possibly scenario of usage?
I hope they get their asses handed to them.
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