Mojang AB recently received a "cease-and-desist" letter for copyright infringement - using the trademarked name "Putt Putt"! Unfortunately, the claim assumes that Mojang is - by way of Minecraft - authorizing the use of their name and likeness, when this is simply not the case.
Often, the legal department of a company will automatically send cease-and-desist letters to anything their searches turn up that might match their criteria, without reviewing the material in detail. This can seem like a senseless action to anyone who's not been a part of a major corporation's legal team; however, they often have oceans of these kinds of claims to sort through, and it's often simpler to send out blanket requests, with the expectation that legitimate claims will be responded to. For the rest of us, it can result in hilarious misfires, like this one.
Pictured: Not Mojang
Mojang is, of course, not making any use of the amusement center franchise's trademarks.
What sort of golf mods or maps have you come across that are awesome? I'd love to hear about them in the comments!
Putt Putt are fools. They didn't even do real research, and the images they posted are not made by Mojang. Well, they will look like total idiots now. Serves them right.
Hmm so they're too lazy to even review their cease and desists before they send them out, pathetic. If you want to protect your IP you should have to work at it.
Whats up with all the recent copyright stuff? Its like Mojang just got big enough that people decide "they have money, lets waste their time and the time of the courts"...
there is always someone looking for easy money, legal battles tend to be easy money, primarily because most companies will pay to avoid the battles, which costs more time and money resolving then it would paying them straight.
this is all my opinion obviously, don't take it as fact.
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Retired StaffMojang AB recently received a "cease-and-desist" letter for copyright infringement - using the trademarked name "Putt Putt"! Unfortunately, the claim assumes that Mojang is - by way of Minecraft - authorizing the use of their name and likeness, when this is simply not the case.
Often, the legal department of a company will automatically send cease-and-desist letters to anything their searches turn up that might match their criteria, without reviewing the material in detail. This can seem like a senseless action to anyone who's not been a part of a major corporation's legal team; however, they often have oceans of these kinds of claims to sort through, and it's often simpler to send out blanket requests, with the expectation that legitimate claims will be responded to. For the rest of us, it can result in hilarious misfires, like this one.
Mojang is, of course, not making any use of the amusement center franchise's trademarks.
What sort of golf mods or maps have you come across that are awesome? I'd love to hear about them in the comments!
Going to sue me now? Yeah I said it.
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I usually have a neutral/undecided standpoint on things. And yes, I am part Swiss.
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Curse Premium[quote=Badgerz]You have to keep in mind that people are stupid.
[quote=Catelite]Just because you don't understand how something works, doesn't make it broken or pointless. >_<
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Curse PremiumOh wait, that was in a different dimension.
there is always someone looking for easy money, legal battles tend to be easy money, primarily because most companies will pay to avoid the battles, which costs more time and money resolving then it would paying them straight.
this is all my opinion obviously, don't take it as fact.