Popular World Of Warcraft Private Server Turtle WoW Ordered To Cease And Desist

One of https://www.gamespot.com/games/world-of-warcraft/">World of Warcraft's most ambitious, and highly visible, private servers looks to be no more, as Blizzard and the creators of Turtle WoW have reached a confidential settlement in the wake of a judge ruling in Blizzard's favor.

Blizzard https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wow-most-ambitious-private-server-is-being-sued-by-blizzard/1100-6534413/">sued the creators behind the popular Turtle WoW private server for copyright infringement in August of last year.

At the time, Blizzard argued the private server, a fan-run version of 2006-era WoW that features multiple fan-made expansions and additional content, was essentially a business built on "large-scale, egregious, and ongoing copyright infringement of Blizzard's intellectual property."

In https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71235075/56/1/blizzard-entertainment-inc-v-turtle-wow/">documents filed April 10, a judge proposed a cease and desist against those behind Turtle WoW, one that declares any involved in the creation and operation of the private server to immediately and permanently stop developing, distributing, and operating any private or emulated servers based on Blizzard's intellectual property.

The ruling also calls for an immediate end to soliciting donations and prohibits the transferring of Turtle WoW's data and marketing materials to a third party for the purpose of facilitating a "successor." Additionally, the ruling extends to any future projects made by the defendants, provided they use Blizzard's intellectual property.