Editing Blizzard Entertainment (section)

=== ''StarCraft'' privacy and other lawsuits ===
In 1998, Donald P. Driscoll, an [[Albany, California]] attorney, filed a suit on behalf of Intervention, Inc., a California consumer group, against Blizzard Entertainment for "unlawful business practices" for the action of collecting data from a user's computer without their permission.<ref>[https://attrition.org/errata/company/blizzard01.html Errata: Blizzard Entertainment] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707014852/http://www.attrition.org/errata/company/blizzard01.html |date=July 7, 2007 }}. Attrition.org. Retrieved July 8, 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/12/29/best.games.2010/index.html |title=The 10 best video games of 2010 |last=Steinberg |first=Scott |date=December 29, 2010 |publisher=[[CNN]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218152525/http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/12/29/best.games.2010/index.html |archive-date=February 18, 2019 |access-date=February 5, 2012}}</ref> 

On May 19, 2014, Blizzard Entertainment filed a lawsuit in federal court in California, alleging that the unidentified programmers were involved in creation of software that hacks ''StarCraft II''. Most of the alleged charges are related to copyright infringement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strebeck |first=Zachary |date=2014-06-06 |title=Legal News: Blizzard files lawsuit against Starcraft 2 hackers |url=https://strebecklaw.com/legal-news-blizzard-files-lawsuit-against-starcraft-2-hackers/ |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Video Game Lawyer {{!}} Zachary C. Strebeck {{!}} Attorney at Law |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-05-21 |title=Blizzard sues Starcraft II cheat hackers |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27511932 |access-date=2023-03-30}}</ref>

Back in May 2010, MBCPlus Media, which operates the network MBCGame (Korean television stations that are broadcasting tournaments built around ''StarCraft''), was sued by Blizzard for broadcasting StarCraft tournaments without the company's consent, insisting that ''StarCraft'' is not a public domain offering, as Blizzard has invested significant money and resources to create the ''StarCraft'' game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blizzard Sues Korean Television Network Over Unauthorized StarCraft: Brood War Tournament |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/66277/blizzard-sues-korean-television-network |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Shacknews |date=November 2010 |language=en}}</ref>