And ressurects the next day after removing a few screenshots, removing 'official' from the title and mentioning that some content of the pages might be copyright of Blizzard. They are still in the domain of fair use and free speech in all other aspects.

Then don't look for them? It's not like it's pushed into your face everytime you open your browser, you really have to look for it. No official site has leaks/spoilers. I like seeing little things of what we will get, it keeps me interested enough to keep playing and leveling yet another alt.

You have no self control, then.

If you don't want to see it, don't look at it. You don't need businesses to parent you. You do have a brain, correct?

I agree. I'm tired of hearing about leaked information that is highly likely to change before beta, much less final release. And NDA's are there for a reason - to protect a company from competitors. Surely we have some respect for Blizzard's right to protect its investment?

Quick question... have you read ANY of the information that has resulted from these broken NDAs? Since the client was still in ALPHA, a majority of it will change, if not ALL of it.

Yes, while it is bad to break an NDA, would you honestly expect everyone to actually do so when there are 10+ million people begging for any information they can get?

The same thing happened Pre-BC. There will be other sites that pop up. Once a company releases a product to the public, it's there for good.

Too bad they never signed an NDA, huh?

Some did break the NDA because there were shortly screenshots available of item tooltips. These are only available on the server side, item statistics aren't located in the client.

It came down to level 75 Blue being on par with S4/T6.

Everyone who leaked this information to the Wiki broke the NDA, ikono.

The fact is that NDAs are there -exactly because- information changes. They are supposed to avoid false expectations and demands based on these.

I can understand that you guys can't wait for new info, but that does not change the fact that there is an NDA and that it was broken. Would you defend those who break the TOS/EULA so vigorously too?

it's not necessarily a crime to publish information resulting from a broken NDA, provided that you yourself are not under the NDA.

i'd be sad to see it go. i love that site.

It's not a crime to break an NDA in almost any case. It's a tort, which can become the basis for a lawsuit in civil, not criminal, court.

The dataminers didn't sign an NDA... they just downloaded the client.

Some people did break NDAs by leaking screenshots and information directly from the alpha, but most of the leaks were data-mined from the client by people who didn't have access to the alpha and never signed any NDA. Blizzard can try hitting them with copyright infringement stuff, but the fact is that a non-disclosure agreement doesn't apply to someone who never agreed to one.

This, also, isn't going to stop the leaks, it'll just temporarily disorganize them.

What if they never actually purchased the game... or never installed the game, thus they would never have actually been bound by an NDA...

This.

Seconded

Chaud > *

Wiki foreva!