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Q&A With Vivendi Rep About Bnetd
Colin Winters writes "War3pub.net managed to get some answers out of a Vivendi rep about why they are suing BnetD and what they hope to accomplish. Worth a read to see how Vivendi/Blizzard is thinking about the whole thing. They believe that BnetD is going to profit sometime in the future, and want to stop them now. Kind of like arresting someone because they might get in a car accident 10 years down the road. "
The poster claims this is 'Kind of like arresting someone because they might get in a car accident 10 years down the road'. What? What are you on? So the reason it's not okay to sue over this is that it's jumping the gun, and suing before bnet has done something wrong????? Well no, why on earth would bnet making money be wrong / illegal / criminal.
I can completely understand why we might legislate against people driving if they were going to have an accident in 10 years time (though this would be a dreadful idea, except that:) and in a way this is exactly what requiring driving licences is about. But that's totally different to letting people sue to prevent someone else making money in future. Obviously.
Why can't you guys post a story without having the put that extra spin and insult on everything? This community seems to be full of communist idealists.
"Kind of like arresting someone because they might get in a car accident 10 years down the road."
eTrade SUCKS