Saturday, June 29, 2013

China Tumbs nose at Blizzard

On Bloomberg:

Chinese knockoffs have long created headaches for global tech companies, but the intellectual-property roller coaster that Activision Blizzard is riding there is a screamer.
At the World Joyland amusement park located outside Shanghai, players of Blizzard's World of Warcraft may recognize some striking similarities to characters and environments from the computer game. But don't take our word for it. Watch the video from Bloomberg Television's Stephen Engle, who gives a tour of the park and delves into the copyright issues
Here's the whole story and the video tour

Be kinda interesting if China and Bliz could come to some sort of agreement with the licensing, might become a win win? As it is, I think they're showing their, ahem, real respect for Bliz. Of course, China is well known for not respecting copyrights and trademarks, so I expect not much will happen hear.