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Q&A With Vivendi Rep About Bnetd

Posted by Hemos on from the judged-for-crimes-not-yet-committed dept.

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. "

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  1. Minority Report by bombom · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Anyone else see the similarity to the Tom Cruise/Speilberg movie that is comming out based on this premis?

    You arrest someone before they commit the crime...

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    IOException - Can't Speak
  2. SlashDot caching links... by snowpuppy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm sure this has been suggested before, but I'm curious why SlashDot does not have a caching mechanism for the stories it's about to post? It has become common for a link posted in a SlashDot article to become unavailable within a few minutes of the article being posted. As a result, most readers can only speculate on what the writer is actually talking about.

    I'm not sure what resources would be needed to cache the links, but since there aren't that many articles per day, I would imagine that it is reasonable.

    Just my $0.02.

    Snowdog