Blizzard sues Peons4hire for spamming
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=106771592
As many of you know, the latest content patch, along with many great new content additions, contains technical counter-measures designed to combat in-game gold spamming. Our efforts to reduce in-game abuse and create a fun, safe environment for everyone are never-ending.
With that said, we felt that it was important to share with the community just how serious we are in our efforts to combat this type of abuse. Blizzard has filed a federal lawsuit against the operators of Peons4hire, a popular gold-selling organization which many of you have no doubt seen advertised. As part of the lawsuit, the operators of Peons4hire have been asked to immediately cease all in-game spamming efforts by all entities and websites under their control.
If this organization refuses to act accordingly, further legal action will be taken. We'll be sure to keep you posted on the progress of this topic.
Our efforts to combat this type abuse will be ongoing, I assure you. Also, keep in mind that Peons4hire was one of the larger organizations focused on in-game spam abuse. Do not underestimate the value of the message this action will send to to others who participate in similar abuse.
In short, we're making waves.
Blizzard implemented many spam prevention and control features with the latest patch. Prior to that it was expected that you would get spam whispers at least four times per hour, sometimes many more, and at least two spam mails per day, in game. Also, during the recent Stratic House of Commons with some Blizzard devs "Peons4hire" was spam leaving and joining, though it hasn't been determined if that was actually them or an angry customer voicing their displeasure at the spam. |
