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I don't want to be a killjoy but the concern remains, if it's approved by the staff i'l remove my post and continue discussion.
At least in Norway I /think/ you are allowed to modify and release other people's work, as long as you give credit where it is due, and clarify that it is modified. Obviously its natural to assume that this is different in America. Also I've read that its very difficult for Blizzard to actually take many of these private servers down, mainly because they are located on completely different continents, outside of the law's reach.Making money from it is definitely illegal, and I think that would qualify for piracy? But as far as I can tell, these guys appear to be using a modified version of the game? That breaks EULA, since you're not allowed to play modified versions of the code.
I didn't mean that being in another country would disarm the entire situation. Just that if someone set up a private WoW server in say, Taiwan, its very difficult for an American company to actually shut it down.I will need to look this up, but I don't think that "I'm in a different country" cuts it for contract-breaking.
Yo ho ho?The issue is your emulating the game to play it for free, which is piracy.
Padragin, you can download the game for free anyways. You can actually play it for free to a certain extent (what is it, level 20 cap?). So saying "you're emulating to play it for free" doesn't really count for anything anyways.
Perhaps calling some staff in here to settle the dispute might be worthwhile then? @Somnastra care to clear this up?
That was my intention with my post, i'm not saying it's morally wrong or right, not all laws are right after all, but using a private server is avoiding the subscription fee on the game, which makes it illegal to do so. It's downloading software that has been modified from what your files actually have, or files that were stolen from blizzard themselves.Those who wish to play on the server do, those who think its wrong do not. The staff makes the decision if they want to shut down the thread and not us, so this is getting rather pointless.
Besides, all this legal talk is rustling my jimmies :I
Added ^_^Already did. Angryboy, character name is Elazar