Blizzard has been awarded a payment of $88 million after a lawsuit against Scapegaming, a company which operated 'private' World of Warcraft servers, according to Gamasutra.
Blizzard accused Scapegaming, run by Alyson Reeves, of copyright infringement, unfair competition and copyright circumvention in a lawsuit that was filed in October last year.
Evidence garnered from PayPal revealed that Scapegaming had bought in $3 million in revenue from running unauthorised WoW servers, which don't require players to pay a subscription to the game.
Private MMO servers also allow operators to alter the rules of the game; Scapegaming is reported to have charged players $1 for levelling up and up to $300 for rare items.
Blizzard was awarded a total of $200 for each of the 427,000 customers Scapegaming had at it's peak back in June 2008, plus $85.4 million for statutory damages.
Scapegaming did not respond to the suit however, so it's unclear if the company will appeal the judgement - or even be able to pay out to Blizzard.
Let us know your thoughts in the forums.
Blizzard accused Scapegaming, run by Alyson Reeves, of copyright infringement, unfair competition and copyright circumvention in a lawsuit that was filed in October last year.
Evidence garnered from PayPal revealed that Scapegaming had bought in $3 million in revenue from running unauthorised WoW servers, which don't require players to pay a subscription to the game.
Private MMO servers also allow operators to alter the rules of the game; Scapegaming is reported to have charged players $1 for levelling up and up to $300 for rare items.
Blizzard was awarded a total of $200 for each of the 427,000 customers Scapegaming had at it's peak back in June 2008, plus $85.4 million for statutory damages.
Scapegaming did not respond to the suit however, so it's unclear if the company will appeal the judgement - or even be able to pay out to Blizzard.
Let us know your thoughts in the forums.
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