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Of course, the server model is not completely foolproof. A number of clever developers realized some time ago that it is possible to create new, possibly free, servers for gamers to connect to, thus sidestepping the subscription model. The question is, is this piracy?
When three programmers wrote an open-source version of Blizzard’s server software, Blizzard sued—and won. The suit is summarized on the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF; the EFF defended the developers) website, as follows:
At issue in this case was whether three software programmers who created the BnetD game server—which interoperates with Blizzard video games online—were in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and Blizzard Games’ end user license ...
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