Illegal Emulator

[Helstedxd]

I want to know if a emulator outside the US is illegal or what?

[Phygar]

2.E in the agreement

Additional License Limitations.

The license granted to you in Section 1 is subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 1 and 2 (collectively, the "License Limitations"). Any use of the Service or the Game Client in violation of the License Limitations will be regarded as an infringement of Blizzard’s copyrights in and to the Game. You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:
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E. host, provide or develop matchmaking services for the Game or the Service, or intercept, emulate or redirect the communication protocols used by Blizzard in any way, for any purpose, including without limitation unauthorized play over the internet, network play, or as part of content aggregation networks;

[Clain]

It does infact break the ToU and some other "laws", the list goes on.

-Copyright Infringement
-Statement in the ToU above about redirection of the protocol.
-Statement about packet sniffing and RE in the ToU.

[latruwski]

as soon as you host their content then yes...

[[IceCreaM]]

Additional License Limitations.

The license granted to you in Section 1 is subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 1 and 2 (collectively, the "License Limitations"). Any use of the Service or the Game Client in violation of the License Limitations will be regarded as an infringement of Blizzard’s copyrights in and to the Game. You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:
...
E. host, provide or develop matchmaking services for the Game or the Service, or intercept, emulate or redirect the communication protocols used by Blizzard in any way, for any purpose, including without limitation unauthorized play over the internet, network play, or as part of content aggregation networks;





DISAGREEEE! xD

[darkside85]

good clarification

[bbob101]

Blagh whats legal these days anyway(lol)

[LJN]

as soon as you host their content then yes...

That means that blizzard could take down all of arcemu because there hosting a server right?

[Clain]

Yes... they have Blizzard's intellectual property (parts of) hosted on the site., could easily be taken down. I'm no lawyer but I'm on track, I remember when all the stuff was taken off GotWoW? because they had things like there spell database, emulators, etc.

[Vragoth]

Well from what i've heard is you can host a server but when you start getting people to pay to play thats when it becomes a legal issue. Besies that donations are ok, since they help maintain the server and bandwith along with other hosting fees!

[TheSpidey]

Read the excerpt again. Even if you don't get paid, it's illegal.

[latruwski]

That means that blizzard could take down all of arcemu because there hosting a server right?

they can't take arcemu down... arcemu source without DBC and maps and the DB includes nothing of blizzards stuff.
Like most emulators prolly for "Educational purpose"

[[Blaze]]

Soon breathing more than the allowed volume of air will place you in jail for 3 years.

[thesixth]

it's all 'bout the money, ai't all 'bout the dum dum du-du-dum doumb.
noone really cares anyway.

[controlsx2]

Well client wise if you copy the wow files from a PC onto a external hardrive and put it on anotehr PC you can load it up on that PC completly bypassing the ToC that pops up. So you could technically argue that you have never agreed to the above ToC anyway