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That is $1000 more than Blizzard was obligated to pay. Of course in the long run Blizzard is spending more than $1000 on this guy.

• devwastaken 10y ago
  No, actually, if they want their product back, they are obligated to pay however much is necessary to do so. They have no leverage other than that. They're spending a very tiny amount of money to repress something that would become quite popular without them.
  • eridius 10y ago
    That's actually probably completely wrong. Just because the guy got it off of eBay doesn't mean it's not actually property of Blizzard. That's like saying that just because you bought a stolen phone from some guy in an alley, the rightful owner can't demand it back.
    • croon 10y ago
      That's a bad comparison. A stolen phone is 1) Likely reported stolen. 2) A finite resource. This is a printed CD-R that Blizzard likely didn't know existed.
      • crimsoneer 10y ago
        It really doesn't matter. If they go to the police and say "we believe that to be stolen property, he's refusing to give it back", they're going to come and this whole argument will be rather specious.
      • eridius 10y ago
        Just because someone doesn't know it's missing doesn't mean they give up their claim on the property.
  • corobo 10y ago
    They could have paid the same or less to get a lawyer to send out a letter demanding their property back