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So, world of Warcraft is illegal now?

• korse 1y ago
  You may be aware, but you can acquire and use the World of Warcraft client without signing up for anything with Blizzard. You register and pay to connect to their servers.
  • bslanej 1y ago
    First, to download the world of Warcraft client, you need to log into the battlenet client, which requires an account. Second, the world of Warcraft client is completely useless without a server to connect to. Alternative world of Warcraft servers are technically possible but illegal to run.
    • gkbrk 1y ago
      Implementing a network protocol is not illegal. Neither is writing a server.
      • bslanej 1y ago
        You have to reverse engineer the protocol encryption, which is illegal in some places. Also, lots of copyrighted material such as NPC names and quest text must be stored in the server and transmitted from the server to the client, which is piracy in plain terms.
  • jackvalentine 1y ago
    This is a dumb take - WoW wouldn’t “function” to a reasonable person’s interpretation of that word without a login.