• kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 hours ago

    In this case, Microsoft does own the IP (it bought Bethesda after Bethesda bought id), so they definitely didn’t legally steal it.

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      10 hours ago

      Technically they stole from themselves because they didn’t transfer ownership from Bethesda to Microsoft. Those are still separate entities.