Don't count the WotLK Wiki out yet -- after going down late last week due to a suspected cease-and-desist order from Blizzard's lawyers (now confirmed), they have returned with a completely different host and all the information from the leaked Alpha they were originally hosting. They say that their original wiki hosts, Wikidot, were extremely supportive on both the traffic and legal fronts, as they upgraded their servers just to keep the site up, and originally did help with legal troubles. When Vivendi Universal took legal action against their ISP, however, Wikidot had to fold, and the wiki has now moved hosts to wotlkwiki.info.Last week, there was also mention that the C&D didn't ask them to remove all information, only "over-the-line" info, such as screenshots or video. But apparently that clause doesn't apply to the new host -- there are still screenshots all over the site, and though Vivendi has pulled video from YouTube before, it's still there as well.
Of course, any C&D sent to the old site would still apply to the new one -- it's just a question now of whether the wiki's new host will comply with Vivendi's demands (the wiki's creators sound very sure that they won't). And after that, it'll be up to Vivendi to determine how far they want to take this -- if they really feel that having this leaked information on that site has hurt them in a justifable way, there is a possibility that an actual lawsuit could be issued, and if this escalates even further, the two parties could eventually end up in court. As always, we'll be watching to see what happenes.
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6-23-2008 @ 11:43AM
chaud said...
You guys are killing our server.
load average: 10.03
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Site will be slow until people calm down, more information / screenshots will likely be coming this week.
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6-23-2008 @ 11:52AM
Darkside said...
Please, think of the server before you click.
6-23-2008 @ 11:48AM
Dan said...
Or you could honour the NDA that everyone in the alpha accepted and remove the info...
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6-23-2008 @ 12:09PM
skajake said...
Why on earth would WoW Insider honor an NDA that they never signed or agreed to?
6-23-2008 @ 11:55AM
grofer said...
Wowinsider should pitch in on the costs to keep wotlkwiki up and running seeing how you get quite a lot of news from there
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6-23-2008 @ 12:10PM
faradhim said...
Suing your customer. Didn't the music industry already try that? And if the memory serves they had a lot of success at that.
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6-23-2008 @ 3:29PM
Verit said...
I think keyword here is customer - Blizzard probably doesn't care if the guys who run wotlk wiki quit playing because they lost a lawsuit and I don't care either because frankly someone playing the alpha decided to betray Blizzards trust.
6-23-2008 @ 12:31PM
deviationer said...
can't stop the signal...
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6-23-2008 @ 1:03PM
peaglemancer said...
http://www.wikidot.com/ didn't fold?
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6-23-2008 @ 2:15PM
jlpknights82 said...
The Wiki lives!
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6-23-2008 @ 2:22PM
Tenchan said...
Hope they are proud of themselves. It's a true sign of a fan to go "Fuck you and your rules" at the company that made the game.
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6-23-2008 @ 2:35PM
Theadrick said...
I agree with #6. Spot on.
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6-23-2008 @ 2:41PM
Alchemistmerlin said...
A) Booooo
B) Keep linking to them, the more it costs them the better.
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6-23-2008 @ 7:01PM
Kryptonls said...
Seriously, if WoW Insider were asked to remove all their WotLK stuff from some legal notice from Blizzard - then why the hell do you continue to promote others that are doing it?
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6-24-2008 @ 12:05AM
Badger said...
If Blizzard asked directly for the content to be removed, I would say:
'I understand, guys. I'll pull the content. You stick to making awesome games.'
If Blizzard's so-called 'parent company,' Vivendi Universal, asked directly for the content to be removed, I would say:
'Sure, sure, no problem. Hey, just one question, guys ... Have you heard about this company, Valve? They've apparently got this really neat thing called Steam, and it's really useful and easy to use, but there's this little thing in their legal history ... Interesting. They're saying they had to design it because ... Oh, wait, this is fascinating ... Apparently you ripped them off for millions of dollars by distributing thousands of copies of their games without giving them the percentage guaranteed in their agreement with you. Oh, wow, even better: What is this about you dragging them into a protracted legal battle claiming that their original IP rights were actually yours? Do you know anything about this? ... Guys? Where are you going?'
Vivendi are a bunch of fucking bullies.
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6-29-2008 @ 9:24AM
ChaosHaven said...
Do I hear an "owned" there? >=)
7-03-2008 @ 6:53PM
ChaosHaven said...
(meant that as supportive comment for Badger)
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