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	EFF: Blizzard v. BNETD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		BnetD was an open source program that let gamers play popular Blizzard titles like Warcraft with other gamers on servers that don't belong to Blizzard's Battle.net service.
		Blizzard argued that the programmers who wrote BnetD violated the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions and that the programmers also violated several parts of Blizzard's EULA, including a section on reverse engineering.
		EFF letter to Blizzard/Vivendi, critical of their legal harassment of the bnetd project and its ISP.
	www.eff.org /IP/Emulation/Blizzard_v_bnetd (661 words)

	Introducing BNETD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The BNETD thus took part, in the materialization of the BOOT projects for the CIPREL and AZITO Thermal Plants, the Northen Cotton ginning factories, and the feasibility assessments of two important mining development projects: the nickel project at Biankouma-Touba, and the iron project at Mount Klahoyo.
		The BNETD has integrated over the years specific environment and natural resource management skills to ensure the adequate handling of issues related to drinking water (urban and rural hydraulic), wastewater management, and waste disposal matters (solid, liquid and gaseous).
		The BNETD has the ambition to reinforce its position as the leading advisory body of decision makers and as an active partner in the development of the private sector ; such are the two development thrusts of our facility.
	www.bnetd.ci /english/index.htm (1605 words)

	Garwulf's Corner -- by Robert B. Marks
		In 1914, the world had changed; none of the generals had workable information on the situation, and all of their instincts were based on tactical and strategic models that were decades out of date.
		As far as using images from Blizzard games on the Bnetd website, there is an argument for fair use, but it will depend on how the images were credited and what they were used for.
		Bnetd is a product from group of hobbyists who may have mis-stepped in the terra incognita of the Internet and gotten noticed.
	diabloii.net /garwulfs/garwulfs-no39.shtml (1737 words)

	Bnetd
		Bnetd enables gamers to set up network games without being required to go through the often unreliable and slow battle.net servers.
		In February 2002, lawyers for Blizzard threatened legal action against the bnetd developers under provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, in what could be an important test case for portions of that law.
		The Electronic Frontier Foundation became involved, and as of June 2002, negotiations were underway to resolve the case without resorting to a full scale trial.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bn/Bnetd.html (113 words)

	Battle.net goes to war - Salon
		Ross Combs and Rob Crittenden, two of the lead developers on bnetd, say all they ever wanted to do was create a place to play best-selling Blizzard games like Starcraft and Diablo in a friendly online atmosphere free of the technical bugs that plague Battle.net.
		With bnetd's code anyone could set up their own server for playing Blizzard games, and since the code was open to the general public, they could even modify it themselves if they so pleased.
		Bnetd thus joins the fast-growing list of other software causes célèbres -- Dmitry Sklyarov, 2600 Magazine, Napster -- that have emerged in the hotly contested war over intellectual property and the Internet.
	dir.salon.com /story/tech/feature/2002/04/18/bnetd/index.html (891 words)

	broadband help » News » Blizzard Bests BNetD - Wins ruling over matchmaking service
		Bnetd i used at a point in time before the retail version of wc3 came out.
		BNetD was created to be used on LANs and such when connections to the internet were not available for things like LAN parties.
		The BNetD service however, intentionally flies in the face of the copyrights of one of the few developers out there still dedicated to producing quality games with the "It's done when it's done" mentality instead of cowtowing to their publisher to release the game when it's "most profitable".
	www.broadbandreports.com /shownews/55323 (5372 words)

	[DMCA_Discuss] Blizzard v. BNETD Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Open Source counts against you in terms of a DMCA defense: The bnetd emulator had limited commercial purpose because it was free and available to anyone who wanted to copy and use the program.
		The bnetd emulator developed by the defendants always allows the Blizzard game to access Battle.net mode features even if the user does not have a valid or unique CD Key, because the bnetd emulator does not determine whether the CD Key is valid or currently in use by another player.
		BnetD is an open source program that lets gamers play popular Blizzard titles like Warcraft with other gamers on servers that don't belong to Blizzard's Battle.net service.
	lists.microshaft.org /pipermail/dmca_discuss/2004-October/006814.html (1683 words)

	Battle.net goes to war - Salon
		But according to the bnetd developers, there was never any intent to encourage piracy or to otherwise financially gain at Blizzard's expense.
		But many of the bnetd developers say they opposed adding Warcraft III support before the game's official release (tentatively slated for this summer), because they were concerned that it would encourage the pirating of the beta for playing on servers running bnetd.
		The bnetd developers feel that users should be able to choose whether they want to accept these changes or not.
	dir.salon.com /story/tech/feature/2002/04/18/bnetd/index1.html (1554 words)

	Bnetd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		bnetd is an open source software package, released under the GNU General Public License, that provides a complete emulation of Blizzard Entertainment's battle.net service.
		bnetd was reverse engineered from its Battle.net cousin, but unlike Battle.net, it lacks the ability to check clients for valid CD-Keys, thus allowing players running pirated, stolen, or illegal copies of Battle.net capable games to access full multiplayer functionality.
		As a result, the bnetd.org domain was transferred to Blizzard's control pursuant to the consent decree entered during the trial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bnetd (751 words)

	The Technology Liberation Front: The BNetD case
		And given that banning BNetD likely had a trivial impact on Blizzard’s anti-piracy efforts (the vast majority of users have probably never even heard of BNetD, to say nothing of having the technical know-how to run it), I think we need to make some attempt to weigh the costs against the benefits.
		As lead counsel in the BNETD case, we were obviously disappointed in the Eighth Circuit's decision, but if one looks in the record, you'll see that there was uncontested evidence of legitimate non-infringing uses for the BNETD server.
		Moreover, the BNETD developers repeated tried to find ways to limit unauthorized copies from being used with their server program, but Blizzard refused to cooperate and provide any assistance in implementing these restrictions.
	www.techliberation.com /archives/040327.php (1733 words)

	Open Tech Support Community - bnetd Project Shut Down By Blizzard
		What is an issue, however, is the modification to the code which is required to allow Warcraft 3 beta functionality on the bnetd emulated server.
		The interface seen with bnetd is "identical" to that seen on battle.net (which may actually be grounds for copyright issues, now that I think about it).
		That is why bnetd is subject to attack and services like heat.net and kali are not.
	www.opentechsupport.net /forums/printthread.php?t=6005 (1042 words)

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		Just make sure the bnetd files and directories are both readable and writable by that user.
		If you get an error like "bnetd: command not found" that means the server is not in your search path and you will need to type the full path of the binary (for example, type "/usr/local/sbin/bnetd").
		If the server was unable to initialize the network, there may already be a bnetd server running on that computer or another program like bnchat or CDE (dtspcd) may be running and bound to TCP and/or UDP port 6112.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /~dst/DMCA/BNETD/bnetd-0.4.25/INSTALL (618 words)

	Group backs ISP in online gaming dispute \| CNET News.com
		With bnetd, which has been available since 1999, players can host their own games and enforce their own rules, Jung said, which eliminates the rampant cheating that spoiled many Battle.net-hosted games.
		Jung said that in his one conversation with Vivendi lawyers, they said the problem was that bnetd doesn't verify whether the games running over the service were legally purchased.
		Internet Gateway has taken down the bnetd software from its Web site for now, but Cohn said that unless Vivendi follows through on its threat to sue, the software will be available for download again next week.
	news.com.com /2100-1040-858414.html (670 words)

	Copyfutures: Applying Lexmark to Bnetd
		Blizzard sued the makers of bnetd, but because of settlements, the three issues being decided upon were breach of contract, anti-circumvention, and trafficking in anti-circumvention technology.
		The bnetd program is independent from the battle.net service, and it is actually a better product in some opinions, including the fact that each user can configure the program to their liking.
		Although bnetd has circumvented the “hand shake” feature required on Battle.net used to verify that the game is a valid, purchased, copy, it has only done so to enable interoperability with an independently created computer program.
	lsolum.typepad.com /copyfutures/2004/10/donna_wentworth.html (1049 words)

	ONLamp.com -- Developing the Battle.net Emulator BNETD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Developed under open source, BNETD is server software which emulates most of the functionality of Blizzard's online game network, Battle.net.
		The BNETD developers say that BNETD was made as an alternative to Battle.net's oftentimes slow and buggy service.
		The overall facts of BNETD's predicament have made news in the open source community, been analyzed in the legal community, and been covered in other media (full disclosure: I myself wrote such a piece).
	www.onlamp.com /pub/a/onlamp/2002/05/09/bnetd.html (1864 words)

	Garwulf's Corner -- by Robert B. Marks
		On February 17, the ISP hosting the Bnetd project received a cease and desist order from Vivendi, which claimed that a violation of copyright under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) had taken place.
		Granted, the Bnetd developers meant well enough, but they should have thought out what they were doing in more detail.
		If Bnetd had wanted to offer an alternative to Battle.net in the way that they did, they should have either created a new type of multiplayer service or designed their own game to go with it...that is honest competition (aside from which, the legality of reverse-engineering any software is a big grey area).
	diabloii.net /garwulfs/garwulfs-no36.shtml (1210 words)

	bnetd FAQ
		Certain software in addition to the bnetd server should also be considered part of the bnetd project.
		Versions of bnetd after 0.4.22 have good Diablo I support as long as your client is upgraded to version 1.05 or greater.
		Normally when the bnetd server is also behind the firewall, and a game is hosted by an internal computer, only other internal computers can join.
	www.chiark.greenend.org.uk /~owend/free/bnetd-faq.html (3585 words)

	bnetd-project
		Blizzard claims bnetd is in violation of 17 USC Section 1201(b), though we do not agree with their interpretation.
		Contrary to BNETD's contentions, Blizzard states that it would have been impossible for a third party to recreate specific authentication code embedded in their games by analyzing or "packet sniffing" network traffic between a Blizzard game and Battle.net.
		They state some of the reasons for their filing a lawsuit, and go on to say it would be impossible for The BNETD Project to create what was done without, bascially cheating in their minds.
	home.tiscali.de /anpera/bnetd.htm (1448 words)

	Infothought: Blizzard v. BNETD circumvention, permission, and reverse-engineering
		The defendants did not have the right to access Battle.net mode using the bnetd emulator.
		This is all concerned with saying that the BNETD emulator is indeed a DMCA circumvention violation, before even discussing reverse-engineering.
		The "permission" refers to the fact that to be a circumvention violation, the decryption must be "without the authority of the copyright owner".
	sethf.com /infothought/blog/archives/000710.html (784 words)

	joegratz.net » BnetD Oral Argument Audio Available
		BnetD is already available on the 8th Circuit’s website.
		BnetD battle before 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis continues (mp3 of argument).
		BNETD oral argument and isn’t particulary optimistic (Blizzard v Bnetd Oral Argument).
	www.joegratz.net /archives/2005/06/20/bnetd-oral-argument-audio-available (260 words)

	Prolix - Battle.Net Binary Bot
		Prolix is designed to work with bnetd, fsgs, and may function on battle.net(tm) itself.
		With our primary target (bnetd) being shutdown, it seems there may not be enough interest to continue development, and even if so the development may run into similar legal problems that bnetd ran into.
		I added a very rough document called 'The prolix bnetd packet reference', which is sample hexdumps of most of the bnetd packets.
	prolix.sourceforge.net /news.html (2006 words)

	Silicon Valley Media Law Blog: Bnetd case affirmed by 8th circuit
		The defendants were Battle.net enthusiasts who participated in a non-profit group called the âbnetd projectâ.
		To develop the bnetd server, the defendants reverse engineered the software and protocols, although the EULA and TOS expressly prohibited reverse engineering.
		In addition to rather cursory treatment of the issues above, the Court did not address the copyright misuse argument, under which a copyright holder should not be able by contract to restrict lawful fair use rights and thereby extend the bounds of their copyright monopoly.
	www.svmedialaw.com /ecommerce-bnetd-case-affirmed-by-8th-circuit.html (842 words)

	IP-WARS.NET \|\| The Blizzard v. bnetd Hearing: a Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Since the bnetd server performed the identical services as Blizzard's own servers, he said, that's copying, even if the code was written separately.
		The bnetd server was interoperable but did not behave identically -- in fact it offered a number of enhancements, for example for tournament play.
		If the bnetd code was developed independently, without access to the Blizzard code, then it did not infringe copyright even if it turned out to be substantially similar or even identical to Blizzard's code.
	www.ip-wars.net /story/2005/6/20/231031/747 (1825 words)

	LawMeme - Bnetd Fights Back with Support of EFF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		bnetd is just a fancy chat server, the games are hosted in a peer to peer fashion and don't make use of the bnetd central server except for establishing connections for games.
		Bnetd is legal since it alters nothing that Blizzard made.
		Whether bnetd violated that right is debatable, but even assuming that it did, I would bet that the lost sales due to piracy will be smaller than the lost sales due to the "you pissed me off and I ain't buying your crap anymore" syndrome.
	research.yale.edu /lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=152 (2673 words)

	Gamasutra - Blizzard vs. BnetD Case Continues In Appeal Court
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		The appeals court trial of Blizzard vs. BnetD, a dispute which began over three years ago, is schedule to begin on Monday, June 20th.
		Blizzard claims that BnetD circumvents copyright control functionalities present in its own server software, as well as violating reverse-engineering policies present in the Battle.net EULA.
	www.gamasutra.com /php-bin/news_index.php?story=5729 (558 words)

	Open Tech Support Community - EFF: We Support Bnetd Project
		The Electronic Frontier Foundation has stood up for the Bnetd project which allows users to log onto servers that emulate the Battle.net enviroment.
		The EFF is stating that the suit against Bnetd is a misuse of the DMCA:
		The EFF actually sent a response to the letter Vivendi sent to the Bnetd project, and you can view it here.
	www.opentechsupport.net /forums/showthread.php?t=6412 (211 words)

	PlanetDiablo - A Member of the GameSpy Network
		Rob and Ross took over the development of BNETD in early 1999 when Mark Baysinger gave up on BNETD and said he didn't have time to work on it and manage it anymore.
		One of the misconceptions that a number of people seem to have is that they think that some of the developers and/or others of "The BNETD Project" were involved with the WarForge group.
		The BNETD Project is under a lot of pressure from Blizzard to stop everything and close down the entire site and just plain go away, and say that the project was wrong and violated the law.
	www.planetdiablo.com /features/articles/tjung043002 (975 words)

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