Notch got sued...

[Fifthfiend]

93 year old judge: "WELL ONE'S A SCROLL AND ONE'S A SCROLL AND YOU PUSH THE BEEP-BOOPER TO MAKE THE FIDDLESTICK GO RATTLE-RATTLE LOOKS THE SAME TO ME"

[Amake]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

Hell few people associate "the elder scrolls" with the elder scrolls series.

Just what I was thinking. Are there still people alive who played the original or second Elder Scrolls? I have never met anyone who did.

Also, Bethesda? Taintbags. Even if the "The Elder Scrolls" part of the title of your franchiese had any significance, and even if you could make a case that the word "Scrolls" by itself is harmful to your business if used by unauthorized personnel, you've got a horde of expensive lawyers in fine shoes stomping on a tiny indie developer that's likely to be crippled by any court costs whatsoever. That's not good business unless you're North Korea, so you're also immensely stupid taintbags.

And it's a pretty ridiculous case to make. It's as if the Tolkien estate went around and sued everything with the word "Rings" in its name. Onion rings, Simak's Ring Around the Sun, and especially a straight-up parody like Bored of the Rings can't possibly be a milder brand name infringement. Maybe if they change it to The Younger Scrolls they'll be protected by parody laws?

[Red Fighter 1073]

Hasn't both Notch and Bethesda chalked this up to being a case of "lawyers being lawyers"? If that's the case and Bethesda really doesn't care that much about the legal situation, then why not just tell their lawyers to back and off and drop the lawsuit to avoid any PR backlash?

[Jagos]

Because lawyers are always assholes who dick around until they stink up the joint, taking their clients into the anals of hell with them.

[Marc v4.0]

Originally Posted by McTahr

Just saying. It's an important stipulation when you're considering courts of old people.

E: Which is to say even though it shouldn't, it might!

Originally Posted by Marc v1.0

Grandma is gonna get real confused when she goes to buy the latest hit, Skyrim, for little junior snot-nose and all she sees are miles of completely digital copies of a game called Scrolls The Elder Scrolls: V

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[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Jagos

Because lawyers are always assholes who dick around until they stink up the joint, taking their clients into the anals of hell with them.

I think you mean annals.

You mean annals right?

Please say you mean annals.

[Jagos]

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[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by McTahr

Just saying. It's an important stipulation when you're considering courts of old people.

E: Which is to say even though it shouldn't, it might!

you misconstrue, I dont mean the judge has to be able to, I mean the consumer. Judges often rule on matters beyond their knowledge base, thats why they bring in experts to give their analysis. What matters is if the person buying the game would be confused.

Originally Posted by Amake

Also, Bethesda? Taintbags. Even if the "The Elder Scrolls" part of the title of your franchiese had any significance, and even if you could make a case that the word "Scrolls" by itself is harmful to your business if used by unauthorized personnel, you've got a horde of expensive lawyers in fine shoes stomping on a tiny indie developer that's likely to be crippled by any court costs whatsoever.

tiny =/= poor. Minecraft has given notch's company tens of millions of dollars. Not to mention all the good will he's earned. I bet there are people in this very thread that would buy extra copies of minecraft just to give him more money to throw at this.

If court costs run high enough to "cripple" him, then Bethesda will be hurting bad too

[Amake]

Well, that's all right then!

[Marc v4.0]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

you misconstrue, I dont mean the judge has to be able to, I mean the consumer. Judges often rule on matters beyond their knowledge base, thats why they bring in experts to give their analysis. What matters is if the person buying the game would be confused.



tiny =/= poor. Minecraft has given notch's company tens of millions of dollars. Not to mention all the good will he's earned. I bet there are people in this very thread that would buy extra copies of minecraft just to give him more money to throw at this.

If court costs run high enough to "cripple" him, then Bethesda will be hurting bad too

The point was Bethesda are taintbags because they are picking on a much smaller Indie company for absolutly no real reason at all.

Way to miss it