Private Server Company Forced To Pay Blizzard 88 Million

A judge at the California Central District Court ruled that Scapegaming (also known as AlysonReeves) has lost its case against Blizzard. Scapegaming had set up private Blizzard servers, which also included the microtransactions marketplace. Blizzard was sued in October 2009 for copyright violation.

As we've covered here before, private servers are an infringement of the license restrictions of the EULA. Blizzard considers violating those license restrictions as copyright infringement and will sue anyone who does it. Tsa Club Additionally, Blizzard established in the "Bnetd" case that the creation of software to set up a private server is a copyright infringement all by itself.

The total of $88,594,589 is made up of $3,053,339 of improper profits as well as attorney's fees of $63,600 and $85,478,600 in legal damages. wow private server club Statutory damages are legal damages that are increased in the event of willful or commercially motivated violation. Scapegaming can appeal the amount.