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Vinhthehero wrote on 2010-08-16 17:00
A private server company, Scapegaming (aka Alyson Reeves), was ordered to pay Blizzard Entertainment over $88 million in damages after losing a lawsuit that was concluded last week. Scapegaming was operating unauthorized World of Warcraft servers and using a micropayment system to collect money from the servers' user base, which according to the lawsuit amounted to just over $3 million. $85 million of that settlement was for statutory damages, and surprisingly only $63,000 in attorney's fees.
Slashdot Games Story | Blizzard Sues Private Server Company, Awarded $88M
She was taking money away from Blizzard, getting paid by their customers on her own unauthorized server. However, don't expect her to ever make that much money. I think they just made it that high to scare off anybody else who would think of running a WoW private server.
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Sam wrote on 2010-08-16 17:13
I don't think that blizzard really cares about people running private servers, for themselves, or their friends, its when they start charging people, and making money off a game that other people worked hard on, thats when blizzard cares, or really for that matter, any company would care.
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Hiccup wrote on 2010-08-16 17:19
Lol godspeed Blizzard. Godspeed
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EndlessDreams wrote on 2010-08-16 17:22
Quote from Sam;127536:
I don't think that blizzard really cares about people running private servers, for themselves, or their friends, its when they start charging people, and making money off a game that other people worked hard on, thats when blizzard cares, or really for that matter, any company would care.
Actually, they do care, but if a private server is small enough, the cost of attorney fees/sueing will be greater than the reward. What Scapegaming did was just plain stupid. Not only did they steal someone's product, but they try to make money off of it.
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-08-16 18:03
what endless said
The private server tried to make money off it
easier lawsuit.
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Serathx wrote on 2010-08-16 18:09
Well, they got what was coming for them.
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Zid wrote on 2010-08-17 01:07
So how to make $88 million?
To pay a gaming company that thinks $88 million is just another fiscal quarter?
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Samuelster wrote on 2010-08-17 01:11
Quote from Serathx;127580:
Well, they got what was coming for them.
this
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Justified wrote on 2010-08-17 01:47
Lol, I used to play on that server like a year ago. Blizzard told all the private servers to shut down a couple months before I quit, and all the staff on that server had some loophole or something (that they probably made up) so they kept it running.
They didn't charge players unless they wanted free levels, gear, or special items (although those were upwards of $300 for full packages), so unless they changed that I doubt they were making much of a profit for running the servers. Nobody I met ever bought anything, the whole point of playing on a private server is that you don't want to pay in the first place.
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wolfram wrote on 2010-08-19 20:50
Quote from Zid;127951:
So how to make $88 million?
To pay a gaming company that thinks $88 million is just another fiscal quarter?
They didn't make 88 mil. They made 3 million. 85 million was in punitive damages. Basically punishment fee.