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Okay, many have been wondering what the hell happened to HM's site? I have too.. I finally asked him and this is what i learned :


slaynish: Wtf happened to your site?
Hellmonkeyz: umm
Hellmonkeyz: Blizzard threatened my host
Hellmonkeyz: and my host stopped hosting me
slaynish: holy shit
slaynish: your serious?
Hellmonkeyz: yes
slaynish: thats fucking insane
Hellmonkeyz: Blizzard went psycho dude
Hellmonkeyz: they threated me
Hellmonkeyz: they threated my domain host
slaynish: that such a powerful company went down on a site
Hellmonkeyz: they threatened my domain host's host
Hellmonkeyz: they threatened my host
Hellmonkeyz: they threatened my hosts's host
slaynish: Holy fuck dude
slaynish: thats so crazy
Hellmonkeyz: yeah dude...

Well there you have it : \ Shows that hellmonkey was one of the most popular site owners out there..

Yeah... Slaynish asked me to post this, so here is the E-Mail they sent me... This one was actually forwared from my domain host, TacoX, because I deleted my original E-Mail.

----- Original Message -----
From: <hacks@blizzard.com>
To: <tacox@pixelmethods.com>; <monkeyblade62@hotmail.com>;
<abuse@theplanet.com>
Cc: <hacks@blizzard.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 2:25 PM
Subject: RE: http://www.d2dl.com/index.php?page=hacks


> RE: http://www.d2dl.com/index.php?page=hacks - Please see end of email for
list of files located on this site.
>
> Dear Sir or Madam:
>
> Recently, we have received an increasing amount of feedback from our
customers in regard to the probable copyright infringement of Diablo, Diablo
II, Starcraft, Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition, Warcraft III and World of
Warcraft products (each, a "Program") on the Internet. We here at Blizzard
share the concerns that many gamers are voicing. In this regard, we have
contacted one of your users in connection with the aforementioned site and
the infringement of Blizzard intellectual property.
>
> Please note that all title, ownership, and intellectual property rights in
and to each Program and any and all copies thereof (including, but not
limited to, any titles, computer code, objects, characters, character names,
stories, dialog, catch phrases, locations, artwork, animations, sounds,
musical compositions, audio-visual effects, methods of operation, any
related documentation, and "applets" incorporated into a Program) are owned
by Blizzard Entertainment or its licensors. Each Program is protected by the
trademark and copyright laws of the United States, international copyright
treaties and conventions, and other laws. Blizzard reserves all rights in
each Program, except those rights granted by Blizzard in writing. Each
Program contains certain licensed materials, and Blizzard's licensors may
protect their rights or rely on Blizzard to protect those rights in the
event of any violation of the end user license agreement and copyright law.
>
> As part of our effort to protect all proprietary rights related to Diablo,
Diablo II, Starcraft, Warcraft, Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition, Warcraft
III and World of Warcraft, we would like you to promptly remove all
materials infringing on and/or all materials which allow others to infringe
on the copyrights and/or trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment's products
from the aforementioned site which you host or disable access to such site.
This includes any unauthorized software, artwork, images, sounds or
derivative works thereof that may be on the aforementioned site.
Additionally, we would appreciate it if you would communicate this request
to those individuals involved in the creation and maintenance of your web
site.
>
> Please be advised that at this time you have forty eight (48) hours in
which to comply with our request otherwise we will be forced to pursue
formal action. We would like to thank you in advance for choosing to work
with us in a unified effort to promote the integrity of our games and the
well being of our online gaming community.
>
> If you require formal notice pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright
(DMCA), please let us know and we will have our attorney provide such
notice.
>
> Files on site:
>
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/d2dark/d2darkxp-3.12.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/D2hackit110.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/antitppk-1.4.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/aim-0.2.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/tppk.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/xbelt-0.2.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/d2snuff-005.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/farcast-0.2.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/Shopbot%20v051.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/oneside.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/gbot_0_10.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/fu.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/iid.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/gc.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/clientfun.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/pickit-0.86b-bin.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/autoaim4.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/opener.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/gt030b1.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/auto-086.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/d2tr-004.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/Follow.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/trigger006.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/repair.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/HideIt-0.71.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/pktident03.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/bind203.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/hackit/D2H...rXp_v0.11a.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/sources/auto-086-src.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/sources/bind203-src.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/sources/fake-100-src.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/sources/Follow-src.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/sources/gt-030b1-src.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/sources/pickit-0.82-src.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/sources/refill-1.0-src.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/sources/sniffer-1.04-src.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/sources/Sn...v0.11a-src.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/sources/tradehack-src.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/sources/trigger006-src.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/sources/wanderer-src.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/stand_alon...hcrack-61c.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/stand_alon...aphack_61c.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/stand_alon...0b_cracked.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/stand_alon...ickit.35c1.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/stand_alon...zPickit.35.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/stand_alon...zPickit.34.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/stand_alon...ickit.33d1.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/stand_alon...Pickit.33b.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/stand_alone/d2loader-110.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/stand_alone/d2-cdkey.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/stand_alone/showcdkey.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/stand_alone/zPickit.33b.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/d2dark/d2dark-3.5.zip
> http://www.d2dl.com/files/d2dark/sniffer-1[1].0.zip
>
> Regards,
> Anti-Piracy Team
> ----------------
> Blizzard Entertainment
> http://www.blizzard.com/support
>
> If you respond to this email, please attach all previous messages and
files relating to this issue.

Take all the shit down, and put it on a p2p network or something. Have peopel dl it offa kazaa or whatever p2p would work for you. IN turn, on your website, put in large letters, "FUCK YOU BLIZZARD" or some shit. Assholes. I hate them.

Either that, or FTP it.

Long time no see, Hellmonkeys. :)

Either that, or FTP it.


You can thank me for that : \ I kinda missed him too so i had to IM him.

The irony of it all is that alot of the stuff they want removed can easily be attained elsewhere. By removing your site all they have done is bashed one of a hundred perpetrators. In a way HM you have played into their hands by showing that blizzard interviened because now you have alerted the d2 community in general that Blizzard is not all talk, atleast not anymore.

That doesn't exactly show they are all talk though... I still think its a bluff by it was my host that was paranoid and cancel'ed my account :(.

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very much so cuz every other site ive been to happens to have just about the same files and i dont see the hosts tearing them down

ALthough the files can be attained elswhere making blizzard's action's useless, the hellmonkey's site was a good safe place to get files. and although it was ultimatley useless it's a start for blizzard. They are caught in a bad position and continue to try an enforce fairplay.

Dude they're just making up bullshit, they're saying that the programs that were on your site had titles, computer code, objects, characters, character names,
stories, dialog, catch phrases, locations, artwork, animations, sounds,
musical compositions, audio-visual effects, methods of operation, any related documentation, and "applets" that were copyrighted by blizz.

You should just make a readme in all the dloads and put "Alltitles, computer code, objects, characters, character names,
stories, dialog, catch phrases, locations, artwork, animations, sounds,
musical compositions, audio-visual effects, methods of operation, any
related documentation, and "applets" are copyright Blizzard entertainment

Those assholes are looking for anything that could shut down a Blizz hacking site.

You could have just said in all your readme's "not to be used on battle.net" and that would have fixed everything.

I knew Hellmonkeys had a site!

So did a million other D2 players...

You can't get in trouble for hosting programs. There isn't any fucking rule against that, their product is a fucking game, and their end user agreement doesn't apply to the fucking World Wide Web. They only have their own shit copywrited , there isn't a law against people writing programs, there is only 'rules' against using them on Battle.net

Couldn't of said it better myself... Alright... highjack battle.net on zulu