Heart breaking relevant reddit threads: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/640iem/foun... https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/68xzxt/star...
This is horrible. :(
Guy Finds StarCraft Source Code and Returns It to Blizzard
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Re: Guy Finds StarCraft Source Code and Returns It to Blizzard
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Possibly so Kotaku doesn't get the ad revenue/page hits.
If they wrote the article why would we want to not allow them to get the revenue? First time I've seen this practice on HN.
Kotaku has a very bad reputation among some circles.
Perhaps I'm wrong. It is the first time for HN, but I've seen this practice on other websites.
Re: Guy Finds StarCraft Source Code and Returns It to Blizzard
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
BlizzCon tickets are practically free to Blizzard though, aren't they?
Since tickets are "only" $199 normally anyways, the ticket is clearly not the expensive part of "going to BlizzCon all expenses paid".
Right. When they fly people in (such as the press) the hotel accomodations alone ends up being worth 1.5-2k for the stay (3-4 nights, $500 ish a night at the Hilton anaheim), and I suspect he's going to be there a bit longer as they'll surely show him around the Blizzard campus in Irvine (and they did say they'll take him out for drinks etc). I would estimate they are likely spending up to 4k usd on this guy, just from what he said they're doing.
Re: Guy Finds StarCraft Source Code and Returns It to Blizzard
#44It looks like someone found a copy of Blizzard's copyrighted source code, returned it to Blizzard, and got a reward. Why are people upset about this? It seems like the right thing to do to my mind. If someone found a copy of my own source laying in the street I'd be very happy if they returned it instead of releasing it on the net.
Re: Guy Finds StarCraft Source Code and Returns It to Blizzard
#45It looks like someone found a copy of Blizzard's copyrighted source code, returned it to Blizzard, and got a reward. Why are people upset about this? It seems like the right thing to do to my mind. If someone found a copy of my own source laying in the street I'd be very happy if they returned it instead of releasing it on the net.
I don't know. A lot of people in this thread apparently never learned to tell right from wrong.
Re: Guy Finds StarCraft Source Code and Returns It to Blizzard
#46Damn people are tearing this guy apart, the reddit threads are particularly brutal. It's a video game.
The finder has no obligation to risk legal trouble so that a game can be modified, played, or even preserved. I'm all for archiving these sorts of things, and agree there's probably no great reason to keep the source private.
But if I have the (likely) stolen property of a large company and they ask for its return, I'm sure as hell not going to go all cowboy to make some enthusiasts happy.
Re: Guy Finds StarCraft Source Code and Returns It to Blizzard
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
If they wrote the article why would we want to not allow them to get the revenue? First time I've seen this practice on HN.
Kotaku has a very bad reputation among some circles. Perhaps I'm wrong. It is the first time for HN, but I've seen this practice on other websites.
If you don't think Kotaku is a site worth reading, don't read it. But reading cached copies just so you can avoid giving the page view to Kotaku is stupid. If they're producing content you want to read, then just read it!
Re: Guy Finds StarCraft Source Code and Returns It to Blizzard
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is $1000 more than Blizzard was obligated to pay. Of course in the long run Blizzard is spending more than $1000 on this guy.
No, actually, if they want their product back, they are obligated to pay however much is necessary to do so. They have no leverage other than that. They're spending a very tiny amount of money to repress something that would become quite popular without them.
That's actually probably completely wrong. Just because the guy got it off of eBay doesn't mean it's not actually property of Blizzard. That's like saying that just because you bought a stolen phone from some guy in an alley, the rightful owner can't demand it back.
Re: Guy Finds StarCraft Source Code and Returns It to Blizzard
#49It looks like someone found a copy of Blizzard's copyrighted source code, returned it to Blizzard, and got a reward. Why are people upset about this? It seems like the right thing to do to my mind. If someone found a copy of my own source laying in the street I'd be very happy if they returned it instead of releasing it on the net.
It's not normal source code.
It's not like you found the source to the latest Halo game or something.
This is like finding the source to the original Halo game, of little to no commercial value but of immense cultural value.
Where possible these artefacts are archived so they will be around long after the companies have folded.
Unfortunately it's just not possible most of the time as companies end up taking their software to the grave.
Which makes this all the more depressing. This was an incredibly rare opportunity to archive something of cultural significance to millions of people, completely wasted because it fell into the hands of someone not equipped to deal with the situation properly or contact someone that does.
Re: Guy Finds StarCraft Source Code and Returns It to Blizzard
#50It looks like someone found a copy of Blizzard's copyrighted source code, returned it to Blizzard, and got a reward. Why are people upset about this? It seems like the right thing to do to my mind. If someone found a copy of my own source laying in the street I'd be very happy if they returned it instead of releasing it on the net.
I don't know. A lot of people in this thread apparently never learned to tell right from wrong.
Did you? :)
Starcraft influenced the culture and politics of an entire nation and became a national sport. It pioneered "e-sports". It's a piece of history, and this disc is standalone a piece of history as well.
I think I know right from wrong, but I would still have absolutely no idea what to do if that disc landed on my doorstep.
Edit: I cannot believe this is such a controversial thing to say. Shame on the people who think this is an easy decision to make, put yourself in someone else's shoes for a while.