Bmzx007 wrote:
So, your saying that the SWGEmu guys are wrong and SOE could take them down anytime they wanted?
Im pretty sure the SWG guys wouldnt be THAT stupid to say they were immune.
That's what I'm saying. It is exactly what happened with Bnetd, even though Bnetd had EFF on their side (who really do know what they are doing). Blizzard isn't the only one, either.
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the Escapist wrote:
But emulating someone's intellectual property is technically stealing, right? The owners definitely think so. As recently as late June, SOE sent a cease and desist order to Winter's Roar, which was known as the largest player-run server in the EQ emulation community. World of Warcraft already has renegade servers all over the place, and Blizzard is extremely active, tracking down hosts and siccing the lawyers. According to one of the most popular server operators, "UO servers only manage to stay alive because UO's legal minefield is a tangled mess, so mangled that over the years EA's lawyers have had trouble sifting through it." As a result, player-run UO shards dance along the edge of legality by allowing their users to play for free. But as the mess becomes untangled (whether by EA's lawyers or governmental regulation) they may not continue dancing.