Bossland GmbH (Maker of Honorbuddy) Files New Lawsuit Against Activision Blizzard

[Jeremiah]

If you've been following the Blizzard Entertainment vs Bossland GmbH lawsuit, this is big news. (Blizzard and Honorbuddy Lawsuit: Exclusive Interview With Hawker from Bossland GmbH)I did an interview with Hawker awhile back that gave us some indication that Bossland GmbH had been prepping up and insulating their company against a lawsuit by Blizzard Entertainment for a long while, but now the unexpected has happened.

On January 9, 2012 at 18:40, Bossland GmbH formally announced on their official website that they will seek recompense from Activision Blizzard in a lawsuit in which Bossland GmbH and their legal representatives assert that Blizzard's End User License Agreement and Terms of Service were not a part of the game's purchase contract, and that the EULA and ToS are, "...intransparent, surprising, and incomprehensible..."

The lawsuit will be handled by the court in Berlin, and the German rejoinder can be found at this link for those interested. As always, we wish Bossland GmbH the best in their battle against Activision Blizzard. MMOGlider was not fortunate enough to have the legal insulation and preparedness for an onslaught from Blizzard Entertainment's lawyers. but perhaps Bossland GmbH will level the playing field and change the precedent in the ongoing legal battles between game developers and third-party software developers.

For more information, stay tuned to Ownedcore as well as Bossland GmbH's official Honorbuddy forums.

[Narudan]

Don't forget the german document
http://www.honorbuddy.com/BosslandVSBlizzard.pdf

[Jeremiah]

It was linked in the post, but the links are showing up as the same color in CSS :/

[Bossland]

Just change the links color

[Democides]

Good to see someone finally fighting back against Blizzard.

[Leonim]

Okay, I'm gonna be the one to say it.
I hope blizzard wins so all f**king botters and go burn and stop ruin a great game

[KuRIoS]

Okay, I'm gonna be the one to say it.
I hope blizzard wins so all f**king botters and go burn and stop ruin a great game

You are on the wrong site mate.. the wrong site :P

[Baaja]

Okay, I'm gonna be the one to say it.
I hope blizzard wins so all f**king botters and go burn and stop ruin a great game

+rep! good laugh

Yeah it's great that someone actually is fighting back. I heard the other day that PocketGnome is doing the same. It would be great to stick it to them since bot devs aren't actually doing anything wrong. Good luck!

[Freefall552]

This is interesting. Go Bossland!

[roflsauce]

Good to see, Go bossland, honorbuddy ftw.

[BlackBook]

Blackbook approves.

[IamGizzy]

Go hard bossland!

[Sychotix]

Okay, I'm gonna be the one to say it.
I hope blizzard wins so all f**king botters and go burn and stop ruin a great game

Agreed with KuR. And it has also been stated that this is not just against bots, but any third party software. The glider case (and the honorbuddy case) can be brought up in courts as evidence for future cases against third party software.

[MadDog00700]

I don't know...

[Unholyshaman]

Although I personally do not support botting, I'm still very keen to see how this turns out. Many people simply see Blizzard Entertainment et al as untouchable and I would like them to be proved wrong and also see how Blizzard actually reacts to something like this.