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Originally Posted by CandyKing

Problem is, when its tied to the game, those things stand, when they try and dictate what you do when you are NOT playing the actual game on their servers, things get a bit more foggy as they have no actual right to stop you from doing things with the client outside of their server, as long as you dont try to commercially profit from it.

But if lore doesnt like it, he doesnt like it, and thats the end of that, its pretty easy to find info though if you really want, just not on this site.

The legality of a private server itself is an open question. I didn't read the entire EULA, but I did get the important parts. However, you agree to not use their software to connect to anything that "attempts to emulate" their service as soon as you installed it. I believe it's not only stated in the EULA, but in the Terms of Service too, which the EULA forces you to accept.

Pretty much legally open and shut. It's their baseball, and if you want to play with it, you have to play by their rules. The server? Eh, may or may not be legal. Using Blizzard's software to connect to that server? Breach of agreement, with the agreement stating that you can be held legally responsible if they decide to pursue it.

So, once again, I have no problems with private servers. My problem is with this "information wants to be free and there can't be anything legally wrong with my playing a subscription based game for free" attitude. I also think it's irresponsible to let anyone believe they aren't breaking the law when they quite simply are.