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Originally Posted by Warmonger1337
Yea obviously they weren't smart enough to move their operation. In order to run a server you should know the legal system inside and out. That's a prime example of a server who didn't do their homework. But notice its been five plus years and a thousand plus servers still exist and only one server was actually prosecuted.
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Clearly you know nothing about the server. Alyson did all she could, short of actually taking the smart move and getting the hell out of there while she still could. She was making millions for crying out loud; she had lawyers at her disposal. She still lost.
Things we know:
Fact: Private servers are illegal (nicely put, anyway).
Fact: Making money off them is putting the icing on the cake.
Fact: The copyright holders are legally entitled to getting the money back that they lost from their business because of you ("damages").
There's no way to get around that. You can make things difficult; deter them from targeting you (i.e. by hosting on some random off-shore location that's hard to deal with), but if they really want your server on a plate, they can do it legally - it's THEIR intellectual property, not yours. It's also fair enough, they did the hard yards, they make the money. You come along, steal the game, start making money off it - it's wrong morally, let alone legally, but I'm not here to talk about morals. This is about legality, and it's most certainly, most definitely illegal to be using (and profiting from) somebody else's intellectual property.
So please, if you know nothing about the server don't be making assumptions.
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But notice its been five plus years and a thousand plus servers still exist and only one server was actually prosecuted.
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5 years doesn't change much. As far as I know, WoWScape set the precedent (at the very least, encouraged others to take more action), which is actually a BAD thing for other private servers following in their lead, WoW, Dekaron or whatever other game there is.
That one server was prosecuted because she didn't back out when she had the chance. That's what the C&D was for. Everyone else did.
Please quit making assumptions about things you know nothing about. You cannot use assumptions in a debate, they are not interchangeable with facts...