11-14-2008, 10:03 PM
Heiho,
the aforementioned dll allowed multiple instances with multiple keys, so players don't need more than one machine (virtual or hardware) to use multiple licenses.
Nevertheless it is a hack of part of the purchased software. IANAL, but most probably legal finereading is of different results in different countries. Remember the crying when blizz changed the EULA? This is not legal here - but you want to play on bnet, you agree. Disagree and stay away from bnet ...
I don't think blizz people have decided to give a whack to the users of that dll specifically. They have their checking routine, and if some part of the check fails, an invalid checksum will indicate a hack. Hack -> Ban.
So the checking routine which recently run was more rigid this time. This is at least partly marketing for sure, because 350 000 bans are an impressive amount, which indicates blizz actually cares about hacks and cheaters and wants to run a clean bnet.
the aforementioned dll allowed multiple instances with multiple keys, so players don't need more than one machine (virtual or hardware) to use multiple licenses.
Nevertheless it is a hack of part of the purchased software. IANAL, but most probably legal finereading is of different results in different countries. Remember the crying when blizz changed the EULA? This is not legal here - but you want to play on bnet, you agree. Disagree and stay away from bnet ...
I don't think blizz people have decided to give a whack to the users of that dll specifically. They have their checking routine, and if some part of the check fails, an invalid checksum will indicate a hack. Hack -> Ban.
So the checking routine which recently run was more rigid this time. This is at least partly marketing for sure, because 350 000 bans are an impressive amount, which indicates blizz actually cares about hacks and cheaters and wants to run a clean bnet.