Blizzard Rains on Bnetd Project
- "Blizzard Entertainment has shut down the bnetd project using the DMCA, as declared in their site." News and reader discussion forum. [Slashdot]
- http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/21/0136256

Battle.net Goes to War
- "Is an open-source version of Blizzard Entertainment's online gaming service an illegal copyright violation, or just a good example of how the Internet works?" [Salon]
- http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/04/18/bnetd/index.html

Q&A With Vivendi Rep About Bnetd
- "War3pub.net managed to get some answers out of a Vivendi rep about why they are suing BnetD and what they hope to accomplish." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
- http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/23/112241

EFF Blizzard v. bnetd Archive
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation's archive of resources about the legal threat, including Vivendi's cease-and-desist letter and EFF's replies to corporate counsel explaining why their claims are unfounded.
- http://www.eff.org/IP/Emulation/Blizzard_v_bnetd/

Some Games Aren't Fun
- Editorial explaining how Blizzard's action could negatively impact the entire software industry. By Russell Pavlicek. [Infoworld]
- http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/03/11/020311opsource.xml

Group Backs ISP in Online Gaming Dispute
- "The Electronic Frontier Foundation announced Tuesday that it will provide legal representation for a St. Louis Internet service provider threatened by media conglomerate Vivendi Universal for hosting online versions of Vivendi games." By David
- http://news.com.com/2100-1040-858414.html

EFF Takes Bnetd Case
- "Blizzard is attempting to squash the Battle.net emulator and open source bnetd project. The EFF has taken the case." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
- http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/12/1332243

Legal Analysis Critical of Blizzard v Bnetd
- "Lawmeme.org (from the Yale Law School) has published a long piece with lots of background and legal analysis on the case. Conclusion: Blizzard has an uphill legal battle." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
- http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/27/1829252

DMCA Used to Shut Down Bnetd Project
- "bnetd, a GPLed implementation of the BattleNet protocol server which powered such games as Starcraft and Diablo II, has been shut down due to Blizzard invoking the DMCA." News and reader discussion.
- http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/2/20/221640/723

Battle.net Emulation FAQ
- Blizzard's answers to questions like "Why is Blizzard trying to shut down servers that emulate Battle.net?"
- http://www.battle.net/support/emulationfaq.shtml

Rebuttal to the Battle.net FAQ
- Tim Neu's rebuttal to Battle.net's "Emulation FAQ".
- http://www.visi.com/~tneu/blizzard.html

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: Bnetd Project
- Bilzzard's DMCA cease and desist letter with FAQ.
- http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=98

Blizzard, Bnetd Respond on Bnetd Shutdown
- "Following the roar of protests following the shut down of the BnetD-project, Blizzard has posted a Battle.net emulation FAQ, citing their reasons to search out and close any project that allows people to play Blizzard games online without using Batt
- http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/22/1332248

Blizzard Petition
- Petition to Blizzard Entertainment demanding it stop threatening bnetd and other third-party software with DMCA prosecution.
- http://www.petitiononline.com/blizdmca/petition.html