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Last month, Blizzard’s legal team shut down one of the largest third-party servers dedicated to classic World of Warcraft. That decision drew considerable fire from World of Warcraft subscribers, so much so that the company issued a formal statement explaining why it shuttered the Nostalrius server and pledging to continue discussions around the issue.

Last week, former lead World of Warcraft designer Mark Kern challenged part of Blizzard’s response — specifically, the statements the company made regarding the legality of third-party servers and the challenges of creating a framework that allowed such servers to exist while simultaneously protecting Blizzard’s IP.

“I also helped draft Blizzard’s TOS and EULA, so I know quite a bit about this stuff,” Kern told the Escapist. “[Beck’s] just…wrong. I don’t know where he’s getting his advice from, but from a legal perspective he’s dead wrong. Let’s say ‘He thinks he knows license agreements, but he doesn’t.”


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