However, not many did because LANs were not readily available to most players. WarCraft II allowed play by up to eight other people simultaneously via a local area network ( LAN) using the IPX protocol. In December 1995 the immensely popular sequel, WarCraft II, was released. Real time strategy has since become one of the leading formats for games, especially in multiplayer gaming. Game company legend Sierra Entertainment is also part of Vivendi as are such valuable franchises as The Mummy Returns and Lord of the Rings.īlizzard's first big success, WarCraft: Orcs and Humans, was released in late 1994 and was one of the pioneering games in a revolutionary new genre known as real time strategy.

Bnetd has posted its own Case FAQ.īlizzard is currently a division of Vivendi Universal Games, the gaming component of multinational multimedia conglomerate Vivendi Universal Publishing.

Chilling Effects, the cease and desist website, has the letter as well ( Bnetd Project – Chilling Effects). Anti-DMCA activist Tim Neu has written a Rebuttal to the FAQ. 's response has been posted on the web ( Emulation FAQ). The Kuro5hin community also discussed the case ( DMCA used to shut down bnetd project). Slashdot has run two stories on the case the first announcing it ( Blizzard Rains on Bnetd Project) and the second looking at the responses from Blizzard and bnetd ( Blizzard, Bnetd Respond on Bnetd Shutdown). On February 17th, Vivendi sent a cease and desist letter to the ISP hosting the bnetd project (which had developed a emulator) for alleged copyright infringement of Blizzard's games as well as violations of section 1201 of the DMCA. Since the original website no longer exists on the web I decided to post it here for preservation. This is a Lawmeme article posted by Ernest Miller in 2002 bringing a detailed look in the Blizzard v Bnetd case.

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