Hernandez v. IGE: Brock Pierce declaration and Hernandez compel developments
by Matt Warner 
Jul 7th 2008 at 8:00PM
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Events, real-world, MMO industry, News items, Legal
Antonio Hernandez filed a lawsuit in 2007 against IGE, the MMOG-currency for real dollars illicit emporium. Hernandez claims IGE diminishes the overall playing experience for legitimate players and filed on the grounds that stem from farming gold, spamming chat, and camping spawns it allegedly prevented players from receiving full benefits Blizzard intended via World of Warcraft's End User License Agreement.Eight weeks remain in the fact discovery phase under the court's calendar and two recent developments have surfaced. First, a declaration on behalf of IGE's CEO Brock Pierce which states IGE merely holds stock in Affinity Media INC. and does not employ anyone nor have anything to do with the alleged activities in the Amended Complaint was filed. Second, Hernandez has moved to compel production of documents and asked the court to force IGE to respond fully to plaintiff's interrogatories.
Virtually Blind has been following the lawsuit closely since the outset and has all legal documentation available for download.
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crsh said on 9:08AM 7-08-2008
"Hernandez claims IGE diminishes the overall playing experience for legitimate players and filed on the grounds that stem from farming gold, spamming chat, and camping spawns it allegedly prevented players from receiving full benefits Blizzard intended"
That can be applied to any player, legit or not, so I question whether how wee it'll hold itself in court. The nature of MMOs encourages one form of farming or another, be it for gold, crafting mats, rep items, etc. Same goes for spawn camping; it's not because you're a farmer that you may decide to camp specific mobs.
Where and how can one draw the line between a legit player (admittedly, one acting like an ass) and a gold farmer?
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