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It was a politely worded subpoena at least, which indicates he'd gathered enough evidence to convince a judge in California, even if it had no legal force in Ca
by petewarden 17y ago
It was a politely worded subpoena at least, which indicates he'd gathered enough evidence to convince a judge in California, even if it had no legal force in Canada. I doubt they'd extend the same cooperation to J Random Stalker asking about his ex-girlfriend, but I agree it's still a bit worrisome.
- kingkawn 17y agoJurisdiction here means that Blizzard could've sent back a politely worded request asking for a more legal binding order. But its bad PR if a police investigation is slowed by them and then the dude axe murders somebody, so they probably cooperated out of self-interest.
- dmoney 17y agoIt should also be bad PR if they give out their customers' information when they don't legally have to. It's also possible they didn't realize the subpoena wasn't legally binding. Edit: They didn't just give out his info to the police: somebody gave his character name to the press. Near the top, it says "(WoW Armory listing for Hightower's character)" which links to http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Bladefist&n=Rastlynn http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Bladefist&...
- kingkawn 17y agoPothead Level 80 Shaman's everywhere should be quaking in fear.