Serious Problems for Blizzard in China.
A few months ago we met the news of the change of operator of World of Warcraft in China, changing the license Blizzard operating NetEasy to The9.
Under the terms of the license, The9 had the operating rights to seven of June, before starting the service NetEasy. Apparently, from this date, the Chinese servers World of Warcraft are closed, and the operating license has not yet been granted.
It is a battle. The9 has sued Blizzard in four different fronts, claiming legal rights and breach of copyright rules on the work done by the latter in the translation of the expansion Wrath of the Lich King.
In addition, NetEasy not yet have legal authorization to operate with “The Burning Crusade”, as this authority had The9 and refuses to pass it, and get approval in the normal way can cost you another 60 days to NetEasy and WOTLK is still under review.
A terrible mess, because The9 has also bought the word “WOW China” on several search engines, and this word brings to his new title in beta, SUN: Soul of the Ultimate Nation. Do not know how to end this trade war.
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