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WoW. Earlier today, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against a group of gamers who wrote a work-around to Blizzard's Battle.net multiplayer gaming service. The three programmers had written a program dubbed 'BNetD' that functioned similarly to Blizzard's free service. The letter of the law may side with Blizzard, but it is hard to see how this is anything but a single-finger salute to their army of fans: play on our servers or not at all, is the message. Naturally it is Blizzard's product, so they can do as they see fit, but this restriction is contrary to almost every multiplayer game on the market and only serves to limit their market. Link.
Court WoWs with Battle.net bypass ruling...
WoW. Earlier today, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against a group of gamers who wrote a work-around to Blizzard's Battle.net multiplayer gaming service. The three programmers had written a program dubbed 'BNetD' that functioned similarly to Blizzard's free service. The letter of the law may side with Blizzard, but it is hard to see how this is anything but a single-finger salute to their army of fans: play on our servers or not at all, is the message. Naturally it is Blizzard's product, so they can do as they see fit, but this restriction is contrary to almost every multiplayer game on the market and only serves to limit their market. Link.
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Sep 2, 2005 08:49 PM
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