Comments on: Blizzard Suing Peons4Hire for In-Game Spam http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/ Still Ostentatious. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:06:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Blizzard puts Peons4Hire out of work | Warcraft-News.com http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-4606 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:04:50 +0000 http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-4606 [...] This is probably the best news I’ve heard so far all year: Blizzard has won an injunction against Peons4Hire (we’ll say their name now), which means that the one-time constant chat spammer is now legally banned from interfering with the game. It sounds like Blizzard sued on nearly all the causes that were speculated on a while ago, and as a conclusion, have outright won their case: according to the injunction, In Game Dollar (the company that advertised Peons4Hire) is “permanently enjoined” from “making any use of the World of Warcraft in-game communication or chat system to advertise any website, business, or commercial endeavor.” [...] […] This is probably the best news I’ve heard so far all year: Blizzard has won an injunction against Peons4Hire (we’ll say their name now), which means that the one-time constant chat spammer is now legally banned from interfering with the game. It sounds like Blizzard sued on nearly all the causes that were speculated on a while ago, and as a conclusion, have outright won their case: according to the injunction, In Game Dollar (the company that advertised Peons4Hire) is “permanently enjoined” from “making any use of the World of Warcraft in-game communication or chat system to advertise any website, business, or commercial endeavor.” […]

]]> by: Pie-rate http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-1172 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:00:36 +0000 http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-1172 Capn John: They'd just use US proxies. Capn John:
They’d just use US proxies.

]]> by: World of Warcraft Gold, WoW Gold, Accounts & Powerleveling » Blizzard’s legal case against gold spammers http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-876 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:17:26 +0000 http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-876 [...] Here’s a real interesting commentary about the recent lawsuit Blizzard brought again a fairly heinous gold seller (we haven’t mentioned their name yet, and I don’t plan to, but it’s easy enough to find out who it is). Blizzard hasn’t shared much about the case at all, except for the fact that it’s filed in federal court, and that they want this one to serve as a precedent, not just for them, but for any MMO dealing with gold spammers. [...] […] Here’s a real interesting commentary about the recent lawsuit Blizzard brought again a fairly heinous gold seller (we haven’t mentioned their name yet, and I don’t plan to, but it’s easy enough to find out who it is). Blizzard hasn’t shared much about the case at all, except for the fact that it’s filed in federal court, and that they want this one to serve as a precedent, not just for them, but for any MMO dealing with gold spammers. […]

]]> by: CmdrSlack http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-867 Thu, 31 May 2007 14:02:10 +0000 http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-867 I guess so, but I knid of wonder what that'd do to their overall sub numbers if the all of the "GOLD FARMERS ATE MY LUNCH" yelling is accurate. I guess so, but I knid of wonder what that’d do to their overall sub numbers if the all of the “GOLD FARMERS ATE MY LUNCH” yelling is accurate.

]]> by: Capn John http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-866 Thu, 31 May 2007 13:40:05 +0000 http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-866 Not knowing (fully) how the internet works, is it possible for Blizzard to put a stop to this themselves by denying Chinese IPs access to US servers and realms? Not knowing (fully) how the internet works, is it possible for Blizzard to put a stop to this themselves by denying Chinese IPs access to US servers and realms?

]]> by: CmdrSlack http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-841 Tue, 29 May 2007 01:37:26 +0000 http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-841 Well, a default judgment doesn't set precedent, really. A default judgment gets entered where the defendant never responds to the suit, and the plaintiff petitions the court to enter a default judgment. Quite honestly, it's a great PR move to file this suit, even if it doesn't really go anywhere. The company is based in China, so enforcing a judgment overseas is never an easy task. Even if Blizzard was successful, getting a Chinese court to enforce that ruling could be tough. Well, a default judgment doesn’t set precedent, really. A default judgment gets entered where the defendant never responds to the suit, and the plaintiff petitions the court to enter a default judgment.

Quite honestly, it’s a great PR move to file this suit, even if it doesn’t really go anywhere. The company is based in China, so enforcing a judgment overseas is never an easy task. Even if Blizzard was successful, getting a Chinese court to enforce that ruling could be tough.

]]> by: Mank http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-839 Mon, 28 May 2007 22:17:23 +0000 http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-839 Sorry to double post, but I'm hearing talk that the company being sued is not a US based company, and that they are under no requirement to respond to a US federal lawsuit. If true, and Blizzard wins by default, does a preceedent with any real teeth get set in that instance? Sorry to double post, but I’m hearing talk that the company being sued is not a US based company, and that they are under no requirement to respond to a US federal lawsuit.

If true, and Blizzard wins by default, does a preceedent with any real teeth get set in that instance?

]]> by: Mank http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-835 Mon, 28 May 2007 13:42:01 +0000 http://www.cmdrslack.com/2007/05/26/blizzard-suing-peons4hire-for-in-game-spam/#comment-835 This is all very interesting. But I do have to question the motives involved. A lot of players are under the impression that this is a direct attack on gold selling itself. Which of course, it is not. The spammers have already switched tactics since the lawsuit was filed. Just this morning someone has parked a level 1 player on the AH bridge in Ironforge that is somehow modded to issue a /say to any player that happens to come within a certain range of it. Ignore works quite well here, but this character has already been there for well over 4 hours, and a lot of players are left wondering where the GM's are. This is all very interesting. But I do have to question the motives involved. A lot of players are under the impression that this is a direct attack on gold selling itself. Which of course, it is not.

The spammers have already switched tactics since the lawsuit was filed. Just this morning someone has parked a level 1 player on the AH bridge in Ironforge that is somehow modded to issue a /say to any player that happens to come within a certain range of it. Ignore works quite well here, but this character has already been there for well over 4 hours, and a lot of players are left wondering where the GM’s are.

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