Fan World of Warcraft servers face shut down as Blizzard wins Turtle WoW case
The writing is on the wall for private World of Warcraft server network Turtle WoW. The District Court of California has ruled in favor of Activision Blizzard on the copyright infringement lawsuit filed in August against the group of fan-operated private servers. The ruling includes an immediate cease and desist order for Turtle WoW, which provides a range of alternative versions of the MMORPG on privately hosted servers. While Blizzard and Turtle WoW have reached a settlement in the wake of this decision, it's likely this will spell the end for the third-party group. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS:World of Warcraft gets a perfect recreation of Counter-Strike's most iconic map, and it's even got GooseWorld of Warcraft reveals secret phase of new raid boss to give us the best moment in Race to World FirstOver 20 years later, World of Warcraft is finally getting its first official Pride event, supporting this amazing long-running community initiative
The writing is on the wall for private World of Warcraft server network Turtle WoW. The District Court of California has ruled in favor of Activision Blizzard on the copyright infringement lawsuit filed in August against the group of fan-operated private servers. The ruling includes an immediate cease and desist order for Turtle WoW, which provides a range of alternative versions of the MMORPG on privately hosted servers. While Blizzard and Turtle WoW have reached a settlement in the wake of this decision, it's likely this will spell the end for the third-party group.Read the rest of the story...
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