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Let the fun begin. Activision Blizzard suing MBC - Page 2

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BigBadSkathe
Profile Joined September 2009
United States234 Posts
October 23 2010 00:39 GMT
#21
Wait what happened in the last few days to make Blizzard decide to sue? I thought they were content to just let the PL season continue as long as negotiations between KeSPA and Gretech continued?


Now that I type that out it sounds like a completely separate issue. Jesus this whole thing has gotten complicated.
Hey.
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
October 23 2010 00:39 GMT
#22
god damnit WHYYYYY

;_;
brood war for life, brood war forever
DaRkFrosT
Profile Joined September 2010
United States407 Posts
October 23 2010 00:40 GMT
#23
On October 23 2010 09:22 Rain... wrote:
wow...-_- they are essentially suing the entire korean starcraft community.. good luck with that Blizzard

oh and thanks Blizzard for trying to kill all our favorite game


Funny thing is, blizzard will probably win.
Libera me from hell.
Xiphos
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada7507 Posts
October 23 2010 00:41 GMT
#24
On October 23 2010 09:36 Shiragaku wrote:
...For some reason, I am supporting MBC over Blizzard. Is that normal?



Yeah, it is. Lotsa people are cuz they want BW to stay. The end of BW in SK meaning the end of eSport altogether. I HIGHLY doubt that the Korean companies would want to be in total control of a foreign company.
2014 - ᕙ( •̀ل͜•́) ϡ Raise your bows brood warriors! ᕙ( •̀ل͜•́) ϡ
wishbones
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada2600 Posts
October 23 2010 00:41 GMT
#25
with 2 weeks worth of profit from wow, they will win the trial. lol
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Antisocialmunky
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5912 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-23 00:44:36
October 23 2010 00:42 GMT
#26
Blizzard:
Neutrally Arbitrate IP Negotiations,
Sue MBC and OnGameNet. :D

PS. So
Big Korean Companies + Korean Judicial System + Legal Gray Area = Blizzard really thinks they have a chance?.
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King[Neikos]
Profile Joined September 2010
Costa Rica506 Posts
October 23 2010 00:42 GMT
#27
i dont see blizzard coming ahead in any way in court, what they want has gone beyond common sense from long ago, this is just the last desperation move from blizzard, hopefully it will fail

KeSPA Fighting!
da_head
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3350 Posts
October 23 2010 00:42 GMT
#28
well it was inevitable. i guess is so that sc2 gets everyones undivided attention...
rip broodwar. at least you died still being awesome.
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syllogism
Profile Joined September 2010
Finland5948 Posts
October 23 2010 00:42 GMT
#29
On October 23 2010 09:42 [White]NaDa wrote:
i dont see blizzard coming ahead in any way in court, what they want has gone beyond common sense from long ago, this is just the last desperation move from blizzard, hopefully it will fail

KeSPA Fighting!

Astute legal analysis here
The6357
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States1268 Posts
October 23 2010 00:42 GMT
#30
i hope Korean judiciary panel members watch sc...
2010 worldcup!! corea fighting!!!
night terrors
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
China1284 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-23 00:45:26
October 23 2010 00:43 GMT
#31
IMO

This injuction wont hold.

And i sorta doubt that the court tules in favor of Blizzard.

Through high and low, bisu boy, through high and low.
DaRkFrosT
Profile Joined September 2010
United States407 Posts
October 23 2010 00:44 GMT
#32
I'm laughing at the people who think the death of BW, will be the death of E-sports.
Libera me from hell.
teamsolid
Profile Joined October 2007
Canada3668 Posts
October 23 2010 00:44 GMT
#33
What are the Korean netizen reactions?
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51510 Posts
October 23 2010 00:45 GMT
#34
It's on like donkey kong.
Commentator
Meriones
Profile Joined October 2010
43 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-23 00:46:29
October 23 2010 00:45 GMT
#35
On October 23 2010 09:38 mustaju wrote:
I don't know what is worse. That this actually is happening or that we are bound to get a massive amount of people here saying that this is a good thing.


The faster this bullshit is overturned the better. And even if they lose, the Korean government is pretty serious to remain no.1 in esports. They will probably make a law against it.

SC2 esports will suck until Kespa can gun their own league. And SC BW esports will die if Blizzard gets their right. Plus the hundred millions of esports sponsorship money will be used to sponsor different things. Maybe F1 or something.



On October 23 2010 09:44 StatiC)Ex( wrote:
I'm laughing at the people who think the death of BW, will be the death of E-sports.


Developers automatically owning any esports league/esports player/esports broadcasting rights through IP laws/ELUA is the death of esports.
PlaGuE_R
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
France1151 Posts
October 23 2010 00:45 GMT
#36
why can they not get into an agreement? this is ridiculous, its just a lose/lose situation right here.
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whiteLotus
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
1833 Posts
October 23 2010 00:45 GMT
#37
On October 23 2010 09:42 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Blizzard:
Neutrally Arbitrate IP Negotiations,
Sue MBC and OnGameNet. :D

PS. So
Big Korean Companies + Korean Judicial System + Legal Gray Area = Blizzard really thinks they have a chance?.


lol dude its their fucking game how can they not have a chance? if they dont want you to stream it , you wont.
The bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame
syllogism
Profile Joined September 2010
Finland5948 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-23 00:46:58
October 23 2010 00:46 GMT
#38
On October 23 2010 09:44 teamsolid wrote:
What are the Korean netizen reactions?

On PlayXP they seem to be hoping that Kespa dies

Also, ahaha so many korean legal experts here
Hrrrrm
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2081 Posts
October 23 2010 00:46 GMT
#39
On October 23 2010 09:20 Ares[EffOrt] wrote:
.................................................

they never cared before, now suddenly with the release of sc2 they want to bring up these "ip rights" so so sad


I could understand this argument but, then again before SC2, Korean BW leagues really didn't affect Blizzard's revenue. With the release of SC2 sadly now broadcasting of Proleague DIRECTLY affects viewers watching GSL for example. If the people watching Proleague would watch GSL is another argument but, now you basically have one companies products directly competing against each other. While Blizzard could deal with that if they were getting money from BW, since they aren't, they feel their only option is to stop the broadcasting.

I don't blame them and we'll see the fallout.
alot = a lot (TWO WORDS)
Zona
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
40426 Posts
October 23 2010 00:46 GMT
#40
I still wonder about exactly what happened when Hanbitsoft was the Blizzard distributor (rights holder?) in South Korea and part of the scene (even sponsoring Stars), and if the rights were somehow revoked?
"If you try responding to those absurd posts every day, you become more damaged. So I pay no attention to them at all." Jung Myung Hoon (aka Fantasy), as translated by Kimoleon
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