Question about law

[ALLI55]

Dear Modcraft Team

first im german
so excuse me for my bad english.
The Situation is this:
im very interestet in maping.
So startet to make a whole new map.
My Question is will i break the law when i release the map for my private Server?
Can Blizzard get my for this?

[Steff]

If your privat server dont hold any blizzard content than not. Running one with blizzard content is against law in germany. There are Copyrights also for DBs and you hold a db with a copy of the wow story, quests etc. Its the same as copy illegal movies or music.

[ALLI55]

i heard that some guyes saying that lizzard can nothing do against the private servers if they do not use the original blizzard source code is that true?
and what about if my privat server runs on a root server which is locatet for example russia.
Does this make a differenz?

[Steff]

Blizzard earn mony by providing the servers. You pay once for the client and then monthly for the servers and updates. If you setup a privat server and use a blizzard like db you use stolen content.
The server is a freeware project but why do you think is there no blizzard db on the server hps?

[ALLI55]

ok but lets talk about the mapping.
Will i break the law when i make a complete new map
and put the map on my homepage,
so everyone can download the map?

[Steff]

Not the LAW. Only Blizzards EULA.
LAW problems are only if you share existing stuff from Blizzard like DBs or modified content files like an reskinned model.

[ALLI55]

and what about the map.dbc
i have to extract one from the client and add my map
after that i have to share it with the adt's and wdt's so everyone can enter my map
is that legal?
is the editet map.dbc illegal to share?
or the self createt adt and wdt?
or both?
or nothing?
sry for asking again
but i need to know ^^