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Christian Science Monitor
As the digital age unleashes a tricky new area of intellectual property rights, Blizzard Entertainment says it cannot let fans play pirated versions of the original game, lest courts decide it has failed to defend its copyright.
Mark Kern, Blizzard, and the Legacy (Servers) of World of Warcraft (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHCxP2oEiZtHP8oz-PKtxYwxk6cqw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779095412154&ei=pRoiV9COKoLd3AH43qTYCg&url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/17021-Mark-Kern-Blizzard-Discuss-World-of-Warcraft-Legacy-Servers)The Escapist
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