[CLUE-Talk] DMCA vs. bnetd.

[Grant Johnson]

anselmi at americanisp.net wrote:

>This is sadly funnny.  bnetd is a free server that does what Blizzard's 
>battle.net server does.  battle.net is a free multi-player server for Blizzard 
>games (Diablo, Starcraft, etc.)
>
>The sad part is that Blizzard sent bnetd.org's ISP a letter which forced 
>removal of the site (see www.bnetd.org).  Until the court battle is over, no 
>site.  Hardly innocent until proven guilty.
>
>The funny part is that some people claim DMCA is necessary for us to comply 
>with WIPO treaties - my understanding is that European intellectual property 
>laws are more strict than ours.  So here's a French guy offering to host the 
>site since he isn't bound by DMCA (at least until he comes over here to visit).
>
>Sigh, I need some coffee...
>
I fail to see how this is a copyright issue.  I may be nuts, but wasn't 
the DMCA supposed to be extra copyright protection for digital media? 
 If anything, this could be trademark infringement, but I see no 
copyright issues here at all.  Nothing was copied.