Blizzard Sues Private Server Company, Awarded $88 Million ! - GoFuckYourself.com

Slick · 08-16-2010, 08:44 AM

Damn this host is fucking retarded, running World Of Warcraft servers and charging people, it serves them right !! They made $3 million, so there must've been a few people paying them.

Lesson learned, don't fuck with a company's billion dollar baby !!!

http://jetlib.com/news/2010/08/14/bl...y-awarded-88m/
Cali Thalen writes “A private server company, Scapegaming (aka Alyson Reeves), was ordered to pay Blizzard Entertainment over $88 million in damages after losing a lawsuit that was concluded last week. Scapegaming was operating unauthorized World of Warcraft servers and using a micropayment system to collect money from the servers’ user base, which according to the lawsuit amounted to just over $3 million. $85 million of that settlement was for statutory damages, and surprisingly only $63,000 in attorney’s fees.”

Barefootsies · 08-16-2010, 08:50 AM

Wow. That shit's crazy foo.

I guess they received their pay day in the end.

SmokeyTheBear · 08-16-2010, 09:35 AM

not a wow follower, what exactly where they doing ? why would users pay them money to play on their servers ?

datatank · 08-16-2010, 09:37 AM

Did they get paid?

Emil · 08-16-2010, 09:38 AM

I used to play on their servers but it was free. But you could pay to get some good items and such....

Phoenix · 08-16-2010, 09:41 AM

smokey

wow charges about 7 dollars a month to play on their servers...even though you have bought the game...it is a recurring business model and they do well with it..lol

anyway, these guys were charging people less i think? and taking some players

i knew there were free severs for wow...but for 7 bucks...ill go for the real thing

Jdoughs · 08-16-2010, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix

smokey

wow charges about 7 dollars a month to play on their servers...even though you have bought the game...it is a recurring business model and they do well with it..lol

anyway, these guys were charging people less i think? and taking some players

i knew there were free severs for wow...but for 7 bucks...ill go for the real thing

Over $100 to buy the current game and expansion, and 15 bucks a month.

These free servers usually cash in by selling 'perks' or bonus items for a cash value. Usually in micropayment form.

Nice to see Blizzard doesn't fuck around, and they put the money where it should be, in their own pockets and not their attorneys.

Arnox · 08-16-2010, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Jdoughs

Over $100 to buy the current game and expansion, and 15 bucks a month.

These free servers usually cash in by selling 'perks' or bonus items for a cash value. Usually in micropayment form.

Nice to see Blizzard doesn't fuck around, and they put the money where it should be, in their own pockets and not their attorneys.

Games that run on the cash shop model make bank.

I've spent way too many odd 20s and 10s in my PP on that shit, addictive as hell.

Sarah_Jayne · 08-16-2010, 10:46 AM

The number of fraud attempts going on on WOW at the moment should worry them too.

Nicky · 08-16-2010, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Barefootsies

Wow. That shit's crazy foo.

I guess they received their pay day in the end.

I thought It was BlizzardHosting that had to pay 88 mil

bronco67 · 08-16-2010, 02:22 PM

So they're about 85 million short in damages payment.

WiredGuy · 08-16-2010, 02:34 PM

I'm shocked they only had $63,000 in legal fees. I want those lawyers.
WG

V_RocKs · 08-16-2010, 04:11 PM

Must have been an open and shut case.

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Slick Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houghton, MI Posts: 7,338	Blizzard Sues Private Server Company, Awarded $88 Million ! Damn this host is fucking retarded, running World Of Warcraft servers and charging people, it serves them right !! They made $3 million, so there must've been a few people paying them. Lesson learned, don't fuck with a company's billion dollar baby !!! http://jetlib.com/news/2010/08/14/bl...y-awarded-88m/ Cali Thalen writes “A private server company, Scapegaming (aka Alyson Reeves), was ordered to pay Blizzard Entertainment over $88 million in damages after losing a lawsuit that was concluded last week. Scapegaming was operating unauthorized World of Warcraft servers and using a micropayment system to collect money from the servers’ user base, which according to the lawsuit amounted to just over $3 million. $85 million of that settlement was for statutory damages, and surprisingly only $63,000 in attorney’s fees.”

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