Blizzard Suing Starcraft II Cheat Makers

[Blazur]

http://kotaku.com/5665407/blizzard-s...i-cheat-makers

This is why Blizzard rocks. It's actions like this which give me so much respect for the company. Way to stick true to your guns Blizzard and fight for this community.

Much <3

[Gifted]

I saw this coming the moment they changed their "report hacks" page to include "websites or individuals who also host or create hacks" when they did the b.net revamp.

[MulletBen]

Since when is Canada overseas?

[JackhammerIV]

Overseas can just mean in a foreign country. Not literally "over the seas".:P

[Norfindel]

What can the Los Angeles court possibly do against someone overseas?

Seriously, instead of wasting money on a legal process that won't accomplish anything, they should had made the game more secure. Iccup had an anti-hack launcher, remember?

Just take a look at the news from gamespot:

The three defendants named in the suit go by the handles "Permaphrost," "Cranix," and "Linuxawesome," with the former two residing in Canada and the latter in Peru. It's unclear what jurisdiction the court has over the accused, although Starcraft II's end-user license agreement specifically states that disputes would be decided by a court within Los Angeles County. Additionally, among the relief demanded by the developer is a requirement that the defendants pull their programs hosted anywhere within the court's jurisdiction. There are other allged hackers named in the suit--including "Wiggley," "Zynastor," and "Dark Mage," but Blizzard has not included their real identities in the suit.

http://au.gamespot.com/news/6282171.html

What they're asking is literally impossible to accomplish for the defendants. Once something is in the internet, you can demand the sites hosting it to remove the hacks, but that's all, and it won't accomplish anything for any site hosted overseas.

I agree that the hacks damage the game, but this kind of action won't solve anything, and they knew it was going to happend. Lawyers cannot fix what programmers didn't.

[Pandonetho]

Seriously, instead of wasting money on a legal process that won't accomplish anything, they should had made the game more secure. Iccup had an anti-hack launcher, remember?

I don't know much about it. But I think I read somewhere that they can't use the iCCup method because having antihack on makes sure YOU can't use hacks or something.

Also, someone should really report Zynaster from BWhacks (I don't know what he does now but he's probably still hacking). This guy was the most popular hacker for BW and he even made hacks to bypass iCCups antihack.

Edit: Oh hah, I see that he IS the one getting sued. That's great news. Fucking hate that guy.

[Arkalis]

It's funny how alot of the people that commented on the news in Kotaku seem to actually defend the hackers.

I don't like how they think their EULA is meaningful, that they think they can control every aspect of your PC, and the extremely strained basis of copyright infringement made in this case

Seriously, do this kids read before posting?

[Genopath]

I saw this coming the moment they changed their "report hacks" page to include "websites or individuals who also host or create hacks" when they did the b.net revamp.

Yea I noticed this as well. Didn't think they would go all the way it. That's good.

Also, someone should really report Zynaster from BWhacks (I don't know what he does now but he's probably still hacking). This guy was the most popular hacker for BW and he even made hacks to bypass iCCups antihack.

lol you think he wasn't reported? StarCraft hacking was a much different matter same with WarCraft III hacking.

I wrote a nice post regarding hacking here:
http://finalascension.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=362

[Norfindel]

I don't know much about it. But I think I read somewhere that they can't use the iCCup method because having antihack on makes sure YOU can't use hacks or something.

Yes, that's how it works, and is all that is needed if you force everyone to use it. It could be part of the game, and the server could check if it's active. Of course, 100% security doesn't exists, but at least is better than nothing.

[TheRabidDeer]

Yes, that's how it works, and is all that is needed if you force everyone to use it. It could be part of the game, and the server could check if it's active. Of course, 100% security doesn't exists, but at least is better than nothing.

One of the people being sued here made a hack that worked even with the use of iCCuPs anti-hack. The reason it worked for so long is the same reason mac's have fewer viruses... they just arent targetted as much.