Blizzard shutting down Nostalrius, popular WoW private server

Re:Blizzard shutting down Nostalrius, popular WoW private se... by fabulist on Thursday April 07, 2016 @03:17AM (#11445348)

It seems likely to me that they executed this maneuver for similar reasons to the kik/azer fiasco that happened on NPM; if they didn't sue, they would lose their trademarks.

I think a better response would've been to purchase Nostalrius (the organization), and offer it as a value-add for their players. But it seems clear Blizzard is extracting whatever value it can from WoW before it dies, rather than truly serving their customers.

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Re:Blizzard shutting down Nostalrius, popular WoW private se... by pluma on Thursday April 07, 2016 @08:04AM (#11446549)

Kik interactive never sued NPM. Kik tried to strongarm azer via indirect threats but NPM gave Kik the package name at their own discretion (arguing that it might confuse people looking for the kik packages).

Also, the "trademark means you must sue" myth has been debunked by the EFF: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/trademark-law-does-not...

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Re:Blizzard shutting down Nostalrius, popular WoW private se... by fabulist on Thursday April 07, 2016 @04:42PM (#11450541)

Thanks, I didn't know that. I certainly didn't mean to provide a defense for Blizzard or Kik, just to try and illustrate/understand their motivations.

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Re:Blizzard shutting down Nostalrius, popular WoW private se... by marodox on Thursday April 07, 2016 @11:37AM (#11448088)

Why can't Blizzard just license the older versions for some minimal fee then?

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