BatmanForever Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 typical bethesda now im afraid to say that word bullys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhague2cfo Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 It will not be that long before every word in every language is 'copyright' owned by some corporation. But worry not! Your 'smart' cell phone will keep track of every word that you say and it will tell you how much you owe to each corporation for copyright fees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokiZensekai Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Well, I hadn't intended on actually posting a comment about this, but after reading through a couple of pages I feel I should point something out. Everyone is saying that Zenimax and the Bethesda Legal Department are suing Notch because of the use of the word "Scrolls". This isn't naturally the case. They're suing him because Bethesda thinks that people will get confused by the name. Just thought I'd point that out. Either way, I do think it is rather stupid for Zenimax and Bethesda to be doing this, most people don't even refer to the TES games as "The Elder Scrolls (Insert #): (Insert Name)" all the time, they usually just call it by whatever the title of the game is. Like Oblivion or Skyrim in this case. Just another bunch of corrupted corporate dirt-bags hoping to get some easy cash. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cragger Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Everyone really should read up more on copywrite laws and why this happened. It has nothing to do with any belief by Zenimax or Bethesda of brand confusion or etc. Copywrite laws require the person possessing the copywrite to defend it. If is not defended then legally the copywrite is considered relinquished. Only the lawyers that get payed for these enjoy this stuff. The companies are just stuck in a situation of either pursuing a legal case even if it is very marginal or potentially losing their copywrite/trademark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popcorn71 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 (edited) And what copyright/trademark are they defending exactly? Zenimax has not copyrighted or trademarked the word scrolls. If Notch wants to name his game scrolls than he has every right to do so as long as its not Elder Scrolls rip off. Edited August 10, 2011 by popcorn71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywaste Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Whether he did intend to attract people with that name / imagery is a moot point since everybody just goes robot and does the "oh noez - evil nasty mega-corp vs. cool, really nice indie developer" :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiver1niner Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Ive seen this and i thing this is actualy from the bussines section of Zenimax meaning neaither Bethesda nor any other part of Zenimax can realy have any say in this i can only assume they are currently facepalming and asking why the hell people actualy went through with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarGat3 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 This is simply ridiculous... I really hope Zenimax will just fail with this one, cause as mentioned about hundred times in this thread, who thinks of TES if he thinks of the word "scroll"? No one. A mentally healthy person thinks of paper, books, whatever....But how about we all just write those bastards a list of all companies violating their trademarks -.-. So all companies who have a product where "The","Elder","Scrolls","Oblivion","Isles","Knights","Dagger","Arena","New","Vegas" and all numbers from 1 to 5 is somewhere in the name -.-And of course, Las Vegas has to change names. Otherwise people will think it´s a post-apocalyptic city full of mutants and quests... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I smell a PR stunt. Builds awareness of both games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoGenocide Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I saw make the name "The Younger Scrolls" just to piss them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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