Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10197675-20130806142227/@comment-160529-20131229022433

77.182.125.190 wrote: Ralok wrote: HE DOESNT HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO SET THE CANON!

So his definition of Canon is irrelevent! This is abotu basic legal rights to the unvierse, Kirkbride doesnt have them!

And no, its not open source... you cannot decide the universe and all that is in it belogns to nobody. It belongs to the company that owns it, it is their right to do with it what they please.

and the ramblings of an Ex-employee and fans who think they know better will not EVER change any of that. Dude, you really are fixated on that "Intellectual property" stuff, right? Fact is, that every person, even YOU, has their own headcanon, the own TES universe YOU piece together from the pieces of lore that you like. Do you think Bethesda actually trademarked or copyrighted the Empire? Or Skyrim (the land)? No. And no one cares if someone writes a fan fiction about TES. Even Bethesda doesn't care. By the way, I'm sorry to inform you that the majority of members on the official Bethesda Forums, even the moderators, agree with MK and like his writings. You obviously don't like it, but why the hell are you trying to convince me or the other guy that his stuff isn't canon? The other guy is right, Bethesda never told us fans what is canon, which is GOOD. MK told us that TES is Open Source which is GOOD and RIGHT. So please, could we continue to discuss if the Dwemer will ever return?

Its wrong and stupid, because he has no right to tell you it is open source or not. And yes they do posses the copyright and at any time they can shut down any fan fiction or tell anyone to stop writing fan fiction and threaten then with legal action.

Kirkbride did not create Elder Scrolls, he does not own elder scrolls, he does not work for bethesda... he DOES NOT GET TO SAY WHAT IS CANON AND WHAT IS NOT!

The default rules of canon for any franchise, is "what the company makes and puts out" the company then sets the rules as they see fit. Not some jackass who is clearly bitter over being fired for his crappy writing.

I call bullcrap that he left on his own, he was probably shown the door and they didnt want to sound like jerks so they agreed to keep it hushed. Because everything kirkbride writes reeks of superman prime in his mothers basement.