Interesting

[gebajger]

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/10/u ... d-servers/

[Coryphaus]

Were legit now boyz.....?

No more hiding form EA and GW....?

We can go nuts and modify the base game without worrying about repercussions...?

[Genisaurus]

Were legit now boyz.....?

No more hiding form EA and GW....?

We can go nuts and modify the base game without worrying about repercussions...?

No, the article explicitly says that bypassing the need for a central server is still not ok. In other words, if SimCity 4 needs to connect to EA's servers just to check the serial number, and EA shuts down the server that validates that number, we can hack it to continue to play in a single-player or local/hosted multiplayer.

You most certainly cannot reverse engineer a complete game server that is separate from the client code.

[Coryphaus]

Oh ok

I thought it ment private servers were legit now

So what exactly does this legislation allow?

[Londo]

Only real remedy to protect against DCMA takedown notice would be to enter into a legal agreement with EA and GW.

Something similar what Project 1999 did with Everquest private server.
http://massivelyop.com/2015/04/29/everq ... -daybreak/

[BreezeKicker]

the Librarian of Congress said that gamers deserve the right to continued access to "local play" on games that they paid for, even if the centralized authentication servers required for that play have been taken down. So if Blizzard, for instance, decides to take down the authentication servers required to verify a new copy of StarCraft II online, players will now be legally allowed to craft a workaround that allows the game to work on their PCs.

Basically one could bypass authentication (serial check, account log in) for already purchased games in case the developer took down servers responsible to handle the auth. process to access the LOCAL part of the game, So single player campaign, skirmishers against bots and all that

The LoC placed some important limitations on this new legal right, though. For one, gamers can't legally work to restore online gameplay in titles that required a defunct central server to coordinate such play. Creating third-party matchmaking tools, the LoC argued, would necessarily run afoul of the DMCA's "anti-trafficking provision," which prevents the wide distribution of tools that circumvent DRM and TPM. That means efforts like those to restore online gameplay to the Wii and DS are still illegal under the DMCA.

However it would still be illegal to recreate the servers needed for the multiplayer aspects of the game.

If war had a SP campaign you could make a workaround to access that and be in green, Recreating the server like ror dev team is doing is still a no no.