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

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    Jeremiah
    Published on 01-09-2012 04:01 PM
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    If you've been following the Blizzard Entertainment vs Bossland GmbH lawsuit, this is big news. 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.
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Bossland GmbH (Maker of Honorbuddy) Files New Lawsuit Against Activision Blizzard started by Jeremiah View original post
    Comments 16 Comments
    1. imdasandman's Avatar
      imdasandman - 01-09-2012
      Well me as a proud customer of Honorbuddy, I am very happy that HB is standing up to Blizzard and well all i can say is even if Hb loses the first case they can appeal to a higher court which in return takes forever and they would be able to run for a quite bit longer. But this is just the start and the good thing Germany unlike the US gives the small man a fair chance at a case rather than the US were our politicians and judges can be easily bribed with cash.
    1. Omgwtfowned's Avatar
      Omgwtfowned - 01-09-2012
      I am glad HB is doing this. SHOW Blizz/Activision WHOS BOSS!
    1. JomGod's Avatar
      JomGod - 01-09-2012
      Go honorbuddy and bossland!!
    1. MadDog00700's Avatar
      MadDog00700 - 01-09-2012
      Lol!bossland is suing blizzard!!
    1. Hezkezl's Avatar
      Hezkezl - 01-10-2012
      Disgusting. If they win, there's a chance that any and all future games might have to have more bullshit put onto the box or the order form, which people won't read (just like the EULA now) all because some jerkoff company from Germany thought it was a good idea to take the fun out of playing a video game and are now trying to weasel their way out of clearly being in the wrong.
    1. sitnspinlock's Avatar
      sitnspinlock - 01-10-2012
      Nah, this is piss-ants at work. what they are doing clearly breaches the contract they agreed upon. It's like the typical street bum who collects welfare and poverty benefits from his government for being lazy, and spends his days throwing himself in front of buses or spilling hot mcdonalds coffee on himself all day in hopes of landing himself a decent lawsuit.
    1. TehVoyager's Avatar
      TehVoyager - 01-10-2012
      Good lock bossland. you are going to need it. cause blizzard is going to make you there prison woman.
    1. CuT's Avatar
      CuT - 01-10-2012
      Better hope Germany is already on the US's Trade Blacklist, otherwise they will be supported and influenced heavily by the US e.g. Blizzard.
    1. Thedald's Avatar
      Thedald - 01-10-2012
      Hope the piss ants get crushed.
    1. imdasandman's Avatar
      imdasandman - 01-10-2012
      Quote Originally Posted by Hezkezl View Post
      Disgusting. If they win, there's a chance that any and all future games might have to have more bullshit put onto the box or the order form, which people won't read (just like the EULA now) all because some jerkoff company from Germany thought it was a good idea to take the fun out of playing a video game and are now trying to weasel their way out of clearly being in the wrong.
      Hmm. yet you are on a hacking/expliot/botting forums..... you are fail go qq on mmo-champ or wow forums
    1. Bossland's Avatar
      Bossland - 01-11-2012
      Quote Originally Posted by Hezkezl View Post
      Disgusting. If they win, there's a chance that any and all future games might have to have more bullshit put onto the box or the order form, which people won't read (just like the EULA now) all because some jerkoff company from Germany thought it was a good idea to take the fun out of playing a video game and are now trying to weasel their way out of clearly being in the wrong.

      how so, explain please ?

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      Quote Originally Posted by everdox View Post
      Nah, this is piss-ants at work. what they are doing clearly breaches the contract they agreed upon. It's like the typical street bum who collects welfare and poverty benefits from his government for being lazy, and spends his days throwing himself in front of buses or spilling hot mcdonalds coffee on himself all day in hopes of landing himself a decent lawsuit.
      You forget that there was no contract in the first place, when you take German law.
    1. Thulkas's Avatar
      Thulkas - 01-11-2012
      Actually, under any Western country's system of law, the ToS / EULA are completely illegal in and of themselves. So, yeah.
    1. InLikeFlint's Avatar
      InLikeFlint - 01-11-2012
      Lol @ Hezkel for QQn on a BOTTING HACKING AND EXPLOITING forum...if you don't condone the use of bots so be it, but by bitching about it on a forum for bots...doesn't make sense.
    1. CreativeXtent's Avatar
      CreativeXtent - 01-12-2012
      Win one for us brother!!!!
    1. lathrodectus's Avatar
      lathrodectus - 01-17-2012
      @Hezkel, Haters gonna hate...
      Go bossland!!
    1. ieatglueandstuff's Avatar
      ieatglueandstuff - 01-18-2012
      Quote Originally Posted by Hezkezl View Post
      Disgusting. If they win, there's a chance that any and all future games might have to have more bullshit put onto the box or the order form, which people won't read (just like the EULA now) all because some jerkoff company from Germany thought it was a good idea to take the fun out of playing a video game and are now trying to weasel their way out of clearly being in the wrong.
      Yea how about the part where most MMO's feature in game "BOTs" SWTOR your team farms. WoW is just hell bent on being 10 yrs behind the curve these days because hey at one time we were the best. Now it's a casual gamers delight paragon raiders are not half the skill of the Nihilum SK etc etc etc not saying they are not good players but the game doesnt take high caliber players to do anything. You can throw piss at 10m bosses and get realm firsts, albeit worthless realm firsts that give nothing but your GM a guild achieve.