strAtEdgE:

The folling was posted on bluesnews.com, but is actually sent in from another source:

* "Blizzard Entertainment is facing a lawsuit as a result of its brief fling with copying
information such as e-mail addresses from some users' computers running its Starcraft video
game. Albany attorney Donald P. Driscoll has sued the Irvine company and its corporate
parent, Cendant Corp., under California's unlawful business practice laws, and charges that
the company violated laws that prohibit the introduction of a ''contaminant'' designed to
transmit information from a user's computer without the user's permission. Blizzard says it
only collected information to resolve technical issues, did not keep the information, and no
longer collects such information."

Isn't it funny how:
1) Blizzard tries to battle the 'scene' by taking our private information
2) Beowulf, on behalf of our 'scene', finds this and lets the word out
3) Blizzard now pays the price for trying to fuck with the 'scene'

I think their is a lesson to be learned here. :]

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BigBadWolf:

It seems not everyone accepts to be violated by the likes of Blizzard.
Although the respons to my e-mail was pathetic, with most of people even from the scene
having a "who cares", someone is suing Blizzard for unlawful business practices.Check out
www.ogr.com or www.op3dfx.com lol:)

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Bud:

The next chapter in the Blizzard/Starcraft privacy violation contreversy:
Blizzard is being sued over its actions! This press release appeared on bluesnews.com today:

<* same news as above>

I find it pathetic that a money-maker such as Blizzard, which is totally against software
piracy, would resort to this type of action. Who here is the real criminal? On a brighter
note, it seems the scene is good for something... weeding out companies such as Blizzard
which attempt to illegally obtain information from its users. I don't see anywhere on the
StarCraft package that requires me to send in my private info. That a respected company such
as Blizzard resorts to such measures is truly sad, and unfortunately they may loose many
customers over this incident (including myself). 

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