Private Server Company Forced To Pay Blizzard 88 Million

A judge of the California Central District Court ruled Thursday that Scapegaming also known as Alyson Reeves, has lost its lawsuit against Blizzard. Serverlist101 Scapegaming had set up private Blizzard servers, including a microtransactions marketplace. Blizzard was sued in October 2009 for copyright infringement.

As we've discussed here before, private servers are in violation of the license limitations of the EULA. Blizzard considers violating those license restrictions as copyright infringement and can sue anyone for it. Additionally, Blizzard established in the "Bnetd" case that creating software to create a private server is a copyright violation all by itself.

The total amount of $88,594,589 comprises of $3,053,339 of improper profits, $63,600 in attorney's fees and $85,478,600 in legal damages. Statutory damages are those that are stipulated by law and increased in the event of willful and commercially justified violation. Scapegaming may appeal the amount.