Tuesday, 16 October 2012

LEGAL ISSSUES

Legal issues



MOJANG                                                     V.S.                                            BETHESDA


There was a legal battle between Mojang and Bethesda over infringement laws due to Mojang creating the card based computer game scrolls and the popular elder scrolls franchise. The reason for their claim is that they were concerned that the consumers would get confused and  buy the wrong game and also it was related to the name elder scrolls which would mean that they were copying the name from them. But this was a stupid claim as they had not copyrighted the name scrolls but elder scrolls and the consumer market has had enough of the elder scrolls franchise to learn that it’s called elder scrolls and not scrolls so Mojang one that claim. But in there appeal notch challenged Bethesda to a Quake 3 death Match but they declined this amazing offer and settle for a lawsuit but Bethesda lost as Mojang got to keep its name.


Znyga                                           V.S                                                  E.A 


Zynga known for its games on Facebook has been challenged by ea after the Sims game on Facebook and they have said it was an illegal copy of the Sims game its self and zynga have said that it wasn’t and they will fight ea for the right of the game its self this is more on ea’s side as they have named the game Sims and its exactly the same as Sims so they are in a bit of a pickle in the legal side of this 

there is also the part of the industry that needs to be discussed  which is pirating games
ive always thought of it this way its free stuff if somebody goes to you do you want this game that they have bought you would say yes we know its bad but the amount of people that do it make it seem okay. 

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