Blizzard’s position is that the subscription is for the use of the client as well as their server. A private server allows you to play without an active subscription, thus piracy.
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ripcord@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoWtf would WoW private servers be illegal
Vittelius@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
taiyang@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If they used official closed source code, there is some legal issues, if challenged, but if they reverse engineered the server code then it’s a lot more leeway (similar to emulators). Most private servers I’m familiar with are the former, though, and since the assets and such are generally client side, nothing the server hosts is illegal.
Though again, I don’t even think that should be illegal but c’est la vie; it’s copyrighted code.
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What private server uses Blizzard’s proprietary server cose
taiyang@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh I have no idea, I don’t play that game but I imagine it’s none. Every MMO server I’ve seen was reverse engineered. The lawsuits in those cases are probably frivolous, although you never know how courts go.
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m confused, since the comment I replied to said that most private servers you were aware of used proprietary code.