Well, now it makes sense. You're in Russia, so expecting otherwise is futile.
They aren't. It's nonsensical to suggest this.
I have no clue what they articles you provided say, but the 2016 cases includes several labels, not just one. VK was defeated in 2014 in a final court ruling in that case.
I highly doubt that is they are planning on relaunching Nost even if they decide to operate in a country that is not sympathetic to US copyright claims they are likely to bound by contractual obligations to Blizzard as a result of their visit to Irvine.
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They could not sue them, for copyright infringement, in France if there is no breach of copyright happening in France.
Ahem, people. I'm getting seriously tired of the misinformation here.
The French server host terminated its service because of the prospect of Blizzard suing them. They can sue them, because there was copyright infringement.
These issues have been discussed previously in this thread.
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You can certainly ignore everything I said about what actually happened and why, what the decision was, what the continuation was, etc, sure. Obviously, you know better. You can't read some of the relevant pieces, because they are in Russian (and you don't know where Google Translate is), but that's probably fine.
If Nostalrius opens in Russia, Blizzard will die trying to reach them using "the law". If you have a different opinion, be my guest (but ask yourself what the heck do you base this opinion on? ...not much, so listen to those who actually have a clue about Russian "laws").
Lol you dude still bend the truth like you want it?
Sorry but what doethe immigrants in EU have to do with the Nost team (who are all muricans?).....did you just put muslims, terrorism and shuting down of nost together in one sentence? Have you polished your tin foil hat today?
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No, it means that they are such a low ball that blizzard doesnt care for them. If Blizzard wanted they could sue them in Russia too.
Ahem, you said that they could "...still sue them in France you know" in response someone saying "...putting servers into a country that doesn't care about laws like that." this is hypothetical situation and nothing to do with what happened with Nost. If the servers we located in another country that does not recognise US copyright claims then they cannot sue anyone in France as no breach of copyright has happened in that country.
You know what, whatever. I'm wasting my time here because people apparently know everything.
Let's see how much the Nost hippies can sustain their threats.
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The original servers were placed in France - Blizzard can still sue them for copyright infringement is France, applying French law. They can also sue them in the US, applying American law.
They can do either because copyright infringement happened in FRANCE.
And I will repeat - the conventions on copyright are literally huge, and include many countries. For the server to avoid any legal implication, it would have to be placed somewhere where it would be unplayable in the US and EU. Either way, Blizzard wins.
Another dreamer.
These servers are such a lowball that their online is greater than the one of Nostalrius.
But obviously that's false, because otherwise Blizzard would have sued and they would obviously have succeeded, right? That's the logic, I suppose.
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I don't care about "Nost hippies", but you'd do well to ask about things you only have a vague idea about instead of stating how they are for no reason.
Thing is, you don't have any idea about. Just because you live in Russia doesn't make you qualified to answer legal issues.
Jeez. If you think Russia is the safe haven of all things illegal, you're clueless. It's just that most things located there are restricted to Russia alone and, as you know, the world doesn't give crap about it.
Sorry dear but YOU underestimate the us law.
No they couldnt if they dont all want suddenly move to ecuador... Blizzard knows WHO they are and WHERE they live.
Jesus stop watching Fox - Russia has laws too....
Sorry you cant be seriously THAT stupid can you? Nost took software they DONT created and is trademarked by blizzard and run a private server and they went as far and did it even in front of Blizzard in their HQ.
Lol - whats next? you say its okay to download movies like Westworld for free cause its 43 years old?
fixed that number for you - plus 3/4 of that where fakes.
Blizzard has EVERY RIGHT on WOW - For example you cant sell doomhammer replicas and teach classes how to be an orc warrior without being sued by Blizzard for copyright infringement.
Seriously dude - lern some law.
to be fair, I think the nost people got a very good reception. Unless they blatantly distorted the general tone of the meeting, the people they met with (including top blizz execs) were not unsympathetic to the desire to play classic wow. Now that is only tangentially related to whether such a product would be released by blizzard or in what final form.
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If they get to opening the new Nost, why do you assume whoever'd do this would declare their true identities?
LOL at "Jesus stop watching Fox - Russia has laws too...." - yeah, they have. Totally. It's in the way they apply them.
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Google Translate the link I gave you and try looking for different cases of reaching into Russia using law - if it's all like you say, there should be plenty.
Again, I am saying it to you in the most friendly manner possible - if you think Russia is reachable using law, you have been misinformed.
OK for those who have been in this thread we have 1,552 pages. People keep bringing up the legal issue. We know what Nost did was not lawful. 1) That has absolteable nothing to do with whether Blizz makes a legacy server or not, 2) a this point we don't care and if Blizz does not make the game people are going to play anyway.
Anyone who brings up copyrighght as a deterrent to Legacy does not understand that we know it is not legal and that argument actually has nothing to do wit hif Legacy servers should be made or not. From this post forward stop bringing that up. It is akin to us talking about if we like chocolate or vanilla more and you say, door.