Originally Posted by Quigon
This is going to set one hell of a precedent if they fail in court. Time to sell my golden efreeti boots for $500 again.
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That's the thing though Quigon, they are very carefully avoiding the virtual property aspects. In the present legal environment I still think it would be suicide to try and get at them on that basis.
I was quite serious actually, I'd love to see the legal basis for what they are proceeding with, although I imagine it isn't very interesting actually. Unless the Spam legislation is
far more broad than past consumer protection legislation it shouldn't even be applicable and isn't what they are pressing anyhow it would seem. 5GP says they are just going to try and bully them with lawyer hours for a while and see what happens. Blizzard has the muscle now to do so and probably with some success.
Nonetheless, even if it isn't perfect, good on Blizzard for at least stepping up to the plate and trying to do something about the problem.