Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. filed an interim injunction to stop sales of DB [Update]

[Ash666]

Is there any way we can help you guys?

Aye, you have a dedicated community by your side. Let us know if there's anything we can do.

 

[CodenameG]

No DemonBuddy CANNOT be used in the meantime while this is happening, as you read the injunction prevents us from UPDATING the bot, and there was a patch last night, so we CANNOT update the bot to work on the latest version of Diablo.

 

[snyberg90]

So Bossland would be offering us 6 session lifetime with 33% discount for the price of 3 sessions lifetime if all goes well? Wondering when can i check back on the purchase and i guess you cant tell anyway. I hope the bot can get back to work soon for everyone whose waiting out there.

I'm pretty sure he's only doubling the amount of sessions for those that have already bought them, but the discount will be extended due to the interim.

 

[likwid818]

Oh shit. I was there when glider had an injunction filed against them...... then people waited around for 2 years to see if they could ever bot again .. and they couldn't.

Good luck with everything guys, although I personally do not see this having a positive outcome..

 

[Newborn]

Oh shit. I was there when glider had an injunction filed against them...... then people waited around for 2 years to see if they could ever bot again .. and they couldn't.

Good luck with everything guys, although I personally do not see this having a positive outcome..

TRATIOR! and I thought we could have babies together ):

 

[Lightsan]

Seems like a pretty ironic time for "this" to happen after the failure to meet your own quoted working times repeatedly.

 

[Nurn]

Just wanted to remember:

Glider - US Court
DB - German fucking Court

one does not simply fucks up with the german court...especially if youre blizzard (that already got threatened by our court here for their fucking servers and lags )

 

[surfer999]

Switch your company to an offshore island or to russia, so they can't don anything against you ~~

Totally wrong. In the Russia or any offshore country Blizz can to buy the court.

 

[Sillyname]

Hopefully someone mad enough with skills going to hack blizz and/or make their server unstable as fuck Sony style.

 

[likwid818]

TRATIOR! and I thought we could have babies together ):

I'm no traitor, I've been a loyal customer for several years. I'm not going anywhere. If they get DB back up and running, cool - I'll be here. If they don't get it going.. well that sucks, but I'll still be here. Just saying that I've seen these injunctions happen before, and in the past they have all ruled in Blizzards favor.

edit: of course, they Blizzard vs MDY case was tried in the US, so different law apply, obviously.

 

[swolbyn]

what happened with glider??? i heard the guy who made it got 20 years in guantanamo bay

you cant beat blizzard they have lawyers in us govertment , obama is their puppet

Glider was US based. Buddy is not

 

[KiLLian]

I quote from wikipedia

In March 2009, MDY Industries suspended Glider sales and operations pursuant to an injunction.[13] On December 14, 2010, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its ruling. They agreed that users were licensees rather than owners of the software. They changed the ruling on copyright, stating that users were in breach of contract concerning the end-user license agreement (EULA), but that this did not constitute a violation of copyright. Nevertheless, they ruled that the bot violated the DMCA. MDY requested that the case be sent back for review, but as of August 2011, the court had yet to hear or agree to any review. MDY's owner, Michael Donnely stated in a release on the official forums that given the manner of the ruling and the statements by the court, that it was highly unlikely that MDY was going to be able to bring glider back in any form. He stated that they were looking at their options, and that he would speak with the lawyers working the case; but due to the cost of the case it wasn't likely that there was much that they could do. By Sept 2011, mmoglider.com the official "Glider" homepage had vanished.

Lets hope German courts are faster . But forget about "a few days" etc.

 

[Newborn]

you must have faith in them.

 

[Schweet]

No wonder so many people were having problems with this bot... half the community can't figure out 1*2 or 3*2 let alone setup the bot...

 

[dragon43]

I'm rly sorry to hear the bad news, and till now i brought 2 x 1 year licenses. I hope you guys will be abble to win at court and if you dont .. i dont want my 33 euros back but i hope u guys can compensate the loss with one or two honorbuddy sessions that wold work and wold be great for me and i bet for many others here too.

GL with Bli$$ard process and all !

 

[swolbyn]

My prediction is 3 weeks from now, Blizzard will drop the case. Meanwhile they will push a patch for d3 "Items and gold no longer drop in game and can be purchased only via the RMAH from official Blizzard sources."

Considering that the lawsuit for honorbuddy with wow is still ongoing... the chances of that are slim to none.

 

[BakedGrease]

well it doesn't say, the bot can't be used /updated


just can't sell it for a few days.


/support


goodluck

Injunction says they cannot support the program, so opening up the servers would be supporting it and against the injunction. We just have to wait a week or so for the hearing and we will probably get the servers back, but no new bots sold until the full case is heard I think.

 

[PapaBash]

If push comes to shove you could still agree to stop it and add sidefeatures, that so happen to also work in d3. Or you make a case with movement impaired people that want to enjoy the story.

 

[Scripter]

How could it possibly be illegal to sell your own software? This is utterly ridiculous.
Does anyone know what they are basing this lawsuit on?
If I'm going to demand a refund from anyone it will be Blizzard.

 

[Nurn]

No DemonBuddy CANNOT be used in the meantime while this is happening, as you read the injunction prevents us from UPDATING the bot, and there was a patch last night, so we CANNOT update the bot to work on the latest version of Diablo.

just pushing for everyone asking ..