Well i can tell you from first hand dont mess with blizzard games at all dont know if anyone from here knows much about it but i started there creating "bots" which has nothing to do with there games just copys there login protocal BUT they still sued alot of people and caused alot of hassels that eqemu dont need right now and to make things worse vindi the company that makes blizzard games was bought out by microsoft therefor you would be fighting blizzard + microsoft <can you say BAD IDEA>
Just a little refrence as to why not to start tring to copy d2 in any way
February 19, 2002
Internet Gateway Inc.
tjung@igateway.net <mailto:tjung@igateway.net>
noc@igateway.net <mailto:noc@igateway.net>
hostmaster@igateway.net <mailto:hostmaster@igateway.net>
Dear Sir or Madam:
This letter is to notify you, pursuant to the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, that we believe one of your customers is infringing Blizzard Entertainment's, a division of Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. ("VUG"), copyrighted materials. Specifically, Blizzard Entertainment is the owner of the copyright for the computer games Diablo(r) II and StarCraft(r) and the multi-player server software run by Blizzard Entertainment on its Battle.net(r) site. The following site hosts and/or distributes software th violates Blizzard Entertainment's copyright
The aforementioned site either hosts or distributes software which illegally modifies and/or alters Blizzard Entertainment copyrighted software or bypasses anti-circumvention technology, thereby infringing upon Blizzard Entertainment copyrights. Accordingly, Blizzard Entertainment demands that you act expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the web page listed above in order for you to claim a safe harbor under the DMCA from liability for contributory and vicarious copyright infringement. Please immediately delete or disable access to this web page and remove its contents from view. Should you have any questions, please contact the undersigned at
piracy@blizzard.com <mailto:piracy@blizzard.com> or 949-955-1380 extension 1616.
I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by Blizzard Entertainment, VUG, its agents or the law, and that the information in this notice is accurate. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that I am authorized to act on behalf of all of the aforementioned entities.
Sincerely,
Rod Rigole
Corporate Counsel
For Immediate Release: Monday, April 8, 2002
Contact:
Fred von Lohmann
Senior Intellectual Property Attorney
Electronic Frontier Foundation
fred@eff.org
+1 415-436-9333 x123 (office), +1 415 215-6087 (cell)
Cindy Cohn
Legal Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation
cindy@eff.org
+1 415 823-2148 (cell)
Tim Jung
President
Internet Gateway Inc.
tjung@igateway.net
+1 636 936-8655 x100
Blizzard sent a cease-and-desist letter to Internet Gateway in late February, claiming violations of the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) along with copyright violations
This case, entitled "Davidson & Associates dba Blizzard Games and Vivendi Universal Games v. Internet Gateway and Tim Jung," was filed in Federal District Court in St. Louis, Missouri