User blog comment:Linktube/Notch Challenges Bethesda to a Duel over Lawsuit/@comment-1814074-20110818174826

Bethesda's reasoning is dubious. Quite frankly, I think it's Notch's attempt at saying just that: Bethesda is making a silly demand based on the silly concept that because the Elder Scrolls are awesome games they own the word Scrolls, which neither do they own copyrights to that nor do they, in my mind, have a right to attack an up-and-coming company because they chose to name their game "Scrolls". The very presumption that "People would confuse the two" is erroneous; I've known about Scrolls for months now, the first thought that popped into my head wasn't "New elder scrollzs gaem devloped by Mojang!!!11" it was "Cool, Mojang is branching out". The truth is, I like both companies equally; I've had about as much fun on Minecraft as with Oblivion or Fallout 3 or F:NV, but come on. Bethesda has sued two gaming companies developing new games (Interplay and Mojang) in a relatively small amount of time for reasons that are both doubtful at best. In my mind, Notch's reaction to this is as serious as the concept of Bethesda suing them for using "Scrolls", and equally hilarious.