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by KptMarchewa 1434 days ago
Isn't the copyrighted material in game client itself? Did WOW stream content back then?
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Positions and names of NPCs, quest texts, encounter mechanics, texts said by NPCs, I think item names (not completely sure), etc are all stored in the server and are sent over the wire to the player from the server. That’s quite clearly a copyright violation.