We are preparring the legal documents right now. We will sue MBCGame
Blizzard finally decided to use the last card in the esports dispute. They announced that they will now take legal measures.
Paul Sams the COO of Blizzard announced to the Korean Press at Blizzcon that they will begin to take legal measures in their esports dispute.
He said "It is the last thing we can do at this point. Its our last option. We will sue MBCgame in a few days and Ongamenet could get sued as well. We are preparring for the dispute and will request preliminary injunction to stop broadcasting."
Ahn Jung Bin from This is game
Source : http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?id=517120&category=103&subcategory=
The latter is the Interview
Shit just got real
Blizzard finally decided to use the last card in the esports dispute. They announced that they will now take legal measures.
Paul Sams the COO of Blizzard announced to the Korean Press at Blizzcon that they will begin to take legal measures in their esports dispute.
He said "It is the last thing we can do at this point. Its our last option. We will sue MBCgame in a few days and Ongamenet could get sued as well. We are preparring for the dispute and will request preliminary injunction to stop broadcasting."
Ahn Jung Bin from This is game
Source : http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?id=517120&category=103&subcategory=
The latter is the Interview
Paul Sams: Welcome to Blizzcon. We are greatful for your support. I will tell you about the rumors surrounding esports today. I will set the record straight now. E sports is a very important part for us that can connect blizzard with the whole world. It is our goal to bring the competitive game to fruition worldwide. We will work so that esports can grow even outside of korea.
It is also important to protect the Intellectual Property of Blizzard. We tried to make contracts with several e sports associations but failed. The last few month we deliberated about this and came to the conclusion that legal action is the only way.
What do you mean by Intellectual Property ?
Outside of the broadcasting we usually did not want to charge for tournaments. The goal was to let people enjoy the game and not making money of it. But the Broadcasting studios are not accepting the intellectual property over blizzard games. We tried to improve the relationship but they always wanted more and made the negotiations difficult. When we thought that there was a conclusion it just got delayed and delayed again and again.
In conclusion we can now only take legal action.
Does this mean no more pro leagues ?
Yes! This is our last option. We did not want this. It is against our own rules and its the last thing we can do. We only wanted to do this if we thought we were 100% right and it is our last option as i said. There is still a possibility that tournaments will be held. We want to reach an agreement. We will sue MBCgame and Ongamenet is a possibility to. but we want an agreement and we hope that it will not come to this.
The Broadcasting studios are not showing any cooperation right now though.
So how will the legal action take place ?
The last conference with the broadcasting studios was at the 20th. KesPA, the broadcasting studios and gretech (GOM) took part at that conference. We did not reach a conclusion. We had a mediator but it did not bring any results. We are preparing the documents now so it is difficult to say what the further plans are. What i can say is that MBC game will be sued very soon and we have already sent a message to ongamenet to stop the current proleague. if they dont follow we will sue them too.
Did you send a message to MBC game too ?
Yes we did give them a ultimatum a few weeks ago but they did not follow. So we will sue them. The same thing can happen to ongamenet.
Shit just got real