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The math of this story doesn't make sense to me: * World of Warcraft creator Blizzard looks set to get $6m (£3.36m) from the makers of a software 'bot' * sold
by motoko 18y ago
The math of this story doesn't make sense to me:
* World of Warcraft creator Blizzard looks set to get $6m (£3.36m) from the makers of a software 'bot'
* sold more than 100,000 copies of the $25 (£14) program.
So, estimated gross revenue is L1.4MM for the lifetime of the bot company, but Blizzard was awarded L3.33MM ---almost three times sales? I don't understand. Is this expected to ever be paid, or simply expected to crush the bot company?
- streety 18y agoI was thinking the same thing. The article does say at the end that there will be another court hearing in 2009 to decide whether he is personally responsible. I assume that is to cover the excess.
- noonespecial 18y agoYes. In this case its terrorism, not extortion. I did a double take on this as well. I guess I'm just so used to the extortion angle that the terrorism caught me off guard.