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Notch Asks For Trial By Combat
Vrallis writes "As reported recently, Mojang AB, the creators of Minecraft, have been sued by Bethesda over the name of their latest project, Scrolls, citing a trademark infringement with their Elder Scrolls games. In his latest blog post, Notch, the founder of Mojang, has challenged Bethesda to a trial by combat. Specifically, a frag match in Quake 3."
I don't know what's more impressive, this article or the fact that it managed to make its way onto Slashdot the same day it was published.
Bethesda really are being total assholes here. Suing a independent developer for the word "Scrolls"? Bethesda does not own that fucking word... If those corporate assholes actually agree to this I'll be totally shocked.
Congrats, you're the reason why his lawyers made him stop guaranteeing free updates. Ass.
Support the EFF and Creative Commons. The war is coming, and they're supporting you...
Why does Notch expect them to sell-out their morals and instincts for a few fleeting moments of fun and chance to be the bigger person over something they're making a bigger deal about than necessary?
Because if they accept, they get tons of good press, way more than the current bad press they're getting for suing over a single word. In fact, I'd imagine it would turn out better for them than if they'd never sued at all.
Don't thank God, thank a doctor!
In my experience playing with coders and mappers: the people who make games are rarely star players.