EPTOn October 18 2010 00:40 blacktoss wrote:
Guys, the crux of the argument is that the hack creators inflicted economic damage on Blizzard by ruining the online gaming experience. The argument does not crucially rely on draconian adherence to copyright. They breached the license and in doing so, as Blizzard claims anyway, they also caused loss of sales and customer dissatisfaction. If Blizzard can make a good case that this is true, then the economic argument together with the license breach is far more compelling than just "they broke our eula".
Guys, the crux of the argument is that the hack creators inflicted economic damage on Blizzard by ruining the online gaming experience. The argument does not crucially rely on draconian adherence to copyright. They breached the license and in doing so, as Blizzard claims anyway, they also caused loss of sales and customer dissatisfaction. If Blizzard can make a good case that this is true, then the economic argument together with the license breach is far more compelling than just "they broke our eula".
Yup, exactly; that is what patent law/copyright cases are usually about...economic damage, loss of market share, etc. Public perception of the integrity of bnet is everything and the idea that hackers can get away with what they're doing is harmful to that perception. If bnet does not have a reputation for being fair, people won't want to play on it.
