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Contents 1 history 2 "corporate interests" 3 "corporate interests have less influence on government policy" 4 Link to bnetd 5 Cleanup

[edit] history

I'm suprised not to find more about the history of bnetd and at least a passing mention about FSGS. In any case, bnetd was more or less ignored by blizzard for years (when it was used for starcraft and starcraft:broodwar). It wasn't until *another* group of unknown developers forked the bnetd project to gain access to the Warcraft III alpha (which itself had new security measures to stop exactly this kind of thing). Blizzard could not identify the programmers behind that, so they sued bnetd instead.

[edit] "corporate interests"

IIRC, w/o a valid cd key, blizzard software can't actually be installed. Does someone want to confirm that? 69.17.59.214 23:00, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

• Well, a keygen can still be used to actually install the game, but I'm sure blizz has some mechanism in place to detect false cd keys when the user attempts to connect to Battle.Net. Considering the monetary resources that blizz now has thanks to World of Warcraft, I would venture a guess that they've amassed a database of either legit or false keys to query a connection's cd key against. Speculation aside, as long as your key, legit or otherwise, meets the algorithm's criteria, the game won't challenge an installation, but your online component may be less than functional. See CD key. Archmagi1 00:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree with 62.251.90.73 in that anti-circumvention legislation, like the DMCA, is a product of political corruption. Still, not everyone would agree. I'd like to see a more NPOV statement here.

Perhaps the article on Digital rights management can be linked. It has the best discussion on the anti-circumvention controversy I've found so far. Matt Fitzpatrick 06:37, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Never mind. The implication may be NPOV, but the statement itself appears to be factual. Matt Fitzpatrick 23:34, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "corporate interests have less influence on government policy"

"Other hosts were quickly set up in countries where corporate interests have less influence on government policy."

Are you kidding me!? This is dripping with such bias that I threw up all over my keyboard. Suggestion: "Other hosts were quickly set up in countries where the DMCA does not apply."

[edit] Link to bnetd

Come to think of it, I'm a little concerned about the link to bnetd. Under the DMCA, it's illegal to link to "circumvention" software.

Personally, I doubt Vivendi will risk giving bnetd a second day in court by suing Wikipedia. In the Eleventh Circuit, in which the Wikipedia servers reside, the Eighth Circuit decision is merely advisory, not a binding precedent. Consequently, I think we should leave the link until Wikipedia gets a nastygram from Vivendi lawyers.Matt Fitzpatrick 21:48, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

Hey, I decided that the giant lump of bias text needed a bit of cleanup. I divided it into 2 sections (VU v Jung, and Criticism), and moved a bunch of text around. I also tried to dilute the previous incarnation's frequent and obvious bias throughout (most notably the overusage of clickwrap). I dont much agree with the ruling, but this place is an encyclopedia not an opinion forum.

PS, it could still use a bit more work if you guys can find some improvements over my stuff. Archmagi1 00:46, 6 April 2006 (UTC)Archmagi1

• I also added the merge banner because much of the Blizzard v. BnetD article is already here and thensome. Archmagi1 01:04, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
• I agree, merge into bnetd. The content is all there. Besides, the case wasn't even called Blizzard v bnetd. 209.6.187.140 16:08, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
• Good work! I wasn't even thinking about how loaded the word 'clickwrap' is. Matt Fitzpatrick 17:44, 25 August 2006 (UTC)