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Hey, Don't Run Unauthorised World Of Warcraft Servers, OK?

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Because if you do, it'll cost you $88 million.

That's how much Scapegaming's Alyson Reeves was ordered to pay Blizzard following a court case, in which Reeves was found guilty of charging users to play on an unauthorised World of Warcraft server.

Over the years, she'd amassed over $3 million from these unsuspecting players, which forms part of the enormous settlement. The other $85 million? That's for statutory damages.

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You silly kid! There may be plenty of money in World of Warcraft, but that's Blizzard's money, not yours!

Blizzard Sues Private Server Company, Awarded $88M [Slashdot]