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Notch Takes Jabs at Bethesda Lawyers in Newest Update

Pixels or Death's Mike "Scrimshaw" Potts reviews the ongoing legal battle between Mojang and Bethesda over the rights to "Scrolls" and Notch's latest response to the childish retorts of the lawyers involved.

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jerethdagryphon4636d ago

http://www.copyrightservice...

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tm/t-...

intereting reading scrolls as a copyright has been copyrighted 10 times including on its on in 93 which could mean that bethedas case is full of holes since there copyright came out later

aaaaaaaaa4636d ago

bubble 4 u, well spotted Bethesda are just flexing there mussels just because they are bigger, childish

in the UK Bethesda would get kicked out of court i don't know about the US or EU

plus if they carry on in this manner how many people will boycott them.

MagicAccent4635d ago (Edited 4635d ago )

Page not found :/

Still, this is a really petty move by Bethesda.. I mean, I could understand if Activision made a game called "Elder Warfare: The Other Scrolls", but sueing an indie developer, and a swell guy like Notch, just for having money?
That is just low.

Anyone remember when Apple sued the hell out of that elementary school cause they had an 'apple' as a logo?

Kee4636d ago

Wow, these bethesda lawyers are idiots. Notch has the law on his side. They cannot do anything about it. He used one word from the title of a series of games. It is an actual word. It can't be trademarked. But yeah, This game will get a lot of press because of this.

Dovahkiin4636d ago

'Tis a shame that people such as Todd Howard will get considered the bad guys too, although Notch knows not to blame him. Zenimax lawyers don't stand a chance.

Kee4636d ago

Yeah, they should go back to chasing ambulances...

jerethdagryphon4636d ago

thing is it can be trademarked but the 1993 copyright while is diclaimers owner ship is prior work

(remind me to point out a prior work patent hole in apple)

additionally he could say heres 6 other copyrights holding the word scrolls stop being an ass

if he said the something scrolls ea betheda has a case scrolls on its own is not a term used to define the elders scrolls whioch are refered to by number or by subtitle

marrowind oblivion skyrim arean and daggerfall

hes copied 33% of a title or one word in common use he can argue that under fair use as well

SRTold4636d ago

I have been using scrolls in games since before bethesda released their first Elder Scrolls game. Does this mean that I own the word scrolls?

Lazyeye794636d ago

It saddens me knowing that a company the size of Bethesda, is suing an indie developer over something as stupid as "scrolls".

What is the world coming to?

aaaaaaaaa4636d ago

in a world full of GREED i guess Bethesda wants to see who can piss further

jakethesnake4636d ago

Just call it 'The Older Scrolls' and you should be fine.

whydoyouask4636d ago

how about "NOT Elder Scrolls."

kcuthbertson4636d ago

Honestly, if Notch called it that, it would be an awesome slap in the face to Bethesda.

That's quite funny.

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Microsoft to Add Copilot AI to Video Games

Microsoft recently revealed its plans to incorporate Copilot directly into video games, with Minecraft being the first showcased example.

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Fishy Fingers4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

F*** AI

"Hey Copilot, what's a good meme to prove I dislike AI".... https://giphy.com/clips/sou...

Einhander19724d ago

Two trillion dollar company that just can't wait to put as many people possible out of work as fast as possible.

It feels like every single thing they do is making gaming worse and destroying the industry.

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darthv723d ago

....you know it takes people to program the AI.... right? It isnt like it is sentient. We haven't reach skynet level of situation or anywhere close to the matrix just yet.

That's next Thursday.

Einhander19723d ago (Edited 3d ago )

It takes a people to program the AI then that AI is used for who knows how many games eliminating countless jobs which only grows as AI is used for more and more game creation functions.

What you're saying is so ridiculously short sighted and truly larking any kind of understanding and foresight.

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CaptainFaisal4d ago

Why all the hate? Im actually excited about this! Always wanted this kind of immersion, and an AI companion with me all the time helping me out knowing the status of my skills/inventory/progress and giving me tips on the best approach or how to craft something specific is game changing for the industry.

Hate all you want about AI, but this is just the start and I can see the potential already. You wont be complaining in the next 5-10 years about this, but rather complain if a game hasn’t implemented it.

MrDead4d ago

Yes we can't wait for the work of others to be used without the need to pay them so that MS can profit even more from the people they fire.

I_am_Batman4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

There is no chance I'd ever use something like this, especially if it's not part of the core game design, but a layer on top of it. It's way too much handholding. Many games already feel like busy work, because they don't let the player figure things out on their own. Having a real-time interactive guide defeats the purpose of playing the game in the first place in my opinion.

If this were to become the standard like you predict, we'll see more and more video games get away with bad design, because people will just be used to ask for help from the AI companion anyway.

Number1TailzFan4d ago

Well Nintendo don't need this with some of their games these days, with invincible characters, items, easy bosses etc.. they do the hand holding built in

helicoptergirl4d ago

Takes "hand holding" in games to a whole new level.

BlackDoomAx3d ago

Because human nature xD Almost every new technology had these kind of comments.

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Microsoft Store Hints At Upcoming Release Of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition On Steam

The Microsoft Store has hinted at the upcoming release of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on Valve's digital distribution platform, Steam.

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OtterX7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

1 major advantage to this will be launching it straight from SteamVR. You have to make a custom shortcut to get it working right now in VR.

UltimateOwnage6d ago

This is good news. It will be much easier to get it installed on my devices without using workarounds.

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Why Minecraft 1.21 Would Be Perfect to Add a Powerful Crafting Recipe

The Minecraft 1.21 Tricky Trials update's combat and technical aspects make it a fitting choice to bring in one missing crafting recipe.

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