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[humanz.]

Phouchg, on 18 April 2012 - 12:48, said:

They do, indeed. Nowhere it requires steamrolling over small animals, though.

LOL Bambi liked this XD

[Osiris]

ah bethesda are just scumbags these days

[humanz.]

You people should really speak with your dollars here, you're buying their product and they treat their consumer base like trash. Is that the kind of respect anyone should give to others?

I would never support the publishers for this kind of behavior.

[Amarok]

That's a shame. They're one of the companies that, up until a couple months ago, I would have least expected to go beast mode on a fan. Plenty of other companies have sent much friendly notices to people that were accidentally in violation, not sure why Bethesda couldn't.

[compl3x]

Salutary7, on 20 April 2012 - 08:31, said:

Just because you don't make a profit, that doesn't mean you can use IP however you like. Using it in any way that can diminish the IP holder's profits or tarnish or dilute that IP can lead to litigation. In this case, Bethesda can rightfully claim that the nature of the website is detrimental to their business.

What about pardoy and satire? It could tarnish a brands IP, but it is entirely legal to send up companies, products and even individuals.

Also, fan fiction is legal. I think a lot of these companies way over estimate how much stuff like this damages their brands.