Comments on Chuck Kasparov's articles Comments on Chuck Kasparov's articles RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/author/chuck-kasparov/articles Why Activision Must Renew The9's World of Warcraft Contract http://seekingalpha.com/article/91552-why-activision-must-renew-the9-s-world-of-warcraft-contract?source=feed#comment-465557 465557 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:46:13 -0400
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Disclaimer: I've had, and will continue to have, a whole BUNCH of Shorts PUT on this puppy for 2 days now...]]>
Why Activision Must Renew The9's World of Warcraft Contract http://seekingalpha.com/article/91552-why-activision-must-renew-the9-s-world-of-warcraft-contract?source=feed#comment-434319 434319 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:38:44 -0400 Why Activision Must Renew The9's World of Warcraft Contract http://seekingalpha.com/article/91552-why-activision-must-renew-the9-s-world-of-warcraft-contract?source=feed#comment-395735 395735 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:40:24 -0500 Why Activision Must Renew The9's World of Warcraft Contract http://seekingalpha.com/article/91552-why-activision-must-renew-the9-s-world-of-warcraft-contract?source=feed#comment-238697 238697 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:37:00 -0400 Why Activision Must Renew The9's World of Warcraft Contract http://seekingalpha.com/article/91552-why-activision-must-renew-the9-s-world-of-warcraft-contract?source=feed#comment-236148 236148 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:58:37 -0400 wowchina.com and you'll need to be able to read simplified Chinese in order to make use of that. Im going to have my analyst in Shanghai give it a look/see though I highly suspect that Blizzard owns the user accounts as Joker states. It would be very non-conforming within the video game industry for the game operator to own the accounts over the developer/publisher.]]> Why Activision Must Renew The9's World of Warcraft Contract http://seekingalpha.com/article/91552-why-activision-must-renew-the9-s-world-of-warcraft-contract?source=feed#comment-233844 233844 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:10:01 -0400 www.blizzard.com/accou... under the china link).

Under Ownership it has the following:
All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Service, including without limitation the Blizzard Account that you register to use the Service ... are owned by Blizzard and/or its licensors.

So it's not yet clear to me in The9's case if Blizzard owns the accounts or the licensors own the accounts. Where did you find the Blizzard China EULA?

Thanks! ]]>
Why Activision Must Renew The9's World of Warcraft Contract http://seekingalpha.com/article/91552-why-activision-must-renew-the9-s-world-of-warcraft-contract?source=feed#comment-233805 233805 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:23:30 -0400 Why Activision Must Renew The9's World of Warcraft Contract http://seekingalpha.com/article/91552-why-activision-must-renew-the9-s-world-of-warcraft-contract?source=feed#comment-233758 233758 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:03:32 -0400 Why Activision Must Renew The9's World of Warcraft Contract http://seekingalpha.com/article/91552-why-activision-must-renew-the9-s-world-of-warcraft-contract?source=feed#comment-233752 233752 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:34:44 -0400
BTW, according to the9's 08Q2 report, she has $200M cash in hand, not $300M.]]>
Why Activision Must Renew The9's World of Warcraft Contract http://seekingalpha.com/article/91552-why-activision-must-renew-the9-s-world-of-warcraft-contract?source=feed#comment-233753 233753 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:34:44 -0400
BTW, according to the9's 08Q2 report, she has $200M cash in hand, not $300M.]]>