zul Profile Blog Joined February 2010 Germany 4511 Posts Last Edited: 2011-05-09 20:11:27 #1 Mod edit: The details on the situation are still a bit murky. Many parties have speculated along the lines of the quoted Fomos article, but nothing is official yet.





http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=117178&db=Global&cate=&page=1&field=&kwrd=



"The fight over the intellectual property rights seems to be coming to a close.The dispute between Blizzard and Kespa will be settled amicably as of now, and a license contract will be signed shortly.

The scheduled court date on the 13th has been delayed, the reason being the three parties, ongamenet,mbcgame, and Blizzard coming to an agreement.



Three parties are currently discussing the terms for a brighter future of e-sports in Korea. Ongament, and MBCgame will be at liberty to produce and sell starcraft contents, and open starcraft tournaments.

Both tv networks have agreed to give exposure to blizzard with the logo, and the license fee will be given to Blizzard each year, the fee is unspecified at this time. Initially Blizzard requested an unreasonable amount of at least \0,00,000,000? a year(proleague-both individual leagues included)and Kespa rejected the offer.



The dispute over the intellectual property rights surfaced when Blizzard gave GOMTV the exclusive rights over starcraft 1 and 2. The agreement is believed to have arrived due to starcraft2’s failure to be embraced by the Korean fans. We can certainly hope that the Korean e-sports looks brighter than ever!"



#finally The details on the situation are still a bit murky. Many parties have speculated along the lines of the quoted Fomos article, but nothing is official yet."The fight over the intellectual property rights seems to be coming to a close.The dispute between Blizzard and Kespa will be settled amicably as of now, and a license contract will be signed shortly.The scheduled court date on the 13th has been delayed, the reason being the three parties, ongamenet,mbcgame, and Blizzard coming to an agreement.Three parties are currently discussing the terms for a brighter future of e-sports in Korea. Ongament, and MBCgame will be at liberty to produce and sell starcraft contents, and open starcraft tournaments.Both tv networks have agreed to give exposure to blizzard with the logo, and the license fee will be given to Blizzard each year, the fee is unspecified at this time. Initially Blizzard requested an unreasonable amount of at least \0,00,000,000? a year(proleague-both individual leagues included)and Kespa rejected the offer.The dispute over the intellectual property rights surfaced when Blizzard gave GOMTV the exclusive rights over starcraft 1 and 2. The agreement is believed to have arrived due to starcraft2’s failure to be embraced by the Korean fans. We can certainly hope that the Korean e-sports looks brighter than ever!"#finally keep it deep! @zulison

thoradycus Profile Joined August 2010 Malaysia 3262 Posts #2 Wait so it means Ongament and so on can broadcast sc2?

Bliznako Profile Joined November 2010 Serbia 165 Posts #3 Hm, does this mean that KESPA will be able to host SC2 tourneys as well?

Holgerius Profile Blog Joined January 2009 Sweden 16947 Posts #4 Is this for real? Great fucking news if that's the case! I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.

LegendaryZ Profile Blog Joined May 2010 United States 1583 Posts #5 OS2L and MS2L, please.

Puosu Profile Blog Joined April 2007 6776 Posts #6 Hell, it's about time.



Overused, yes, but so very appropriate.

JoxxOr Profile Blog Joined September 2007 Sweden 1499 Posts Last Edited: 2011-05-09 12:27:38 #7 The agreement is believed to have arrived due to starcraft2’s failure to be embraced by the Korean fans.



That was quite a bold statement...



However i'm super happy that this stupid dispute is over That was quite a bold statement...However i'm super happy that this stupid dispute is over Gör om, gör rätt

Antoine Profile Blog Joined May 2010 United States 7347 Posts #8 it's finally over, fantastic Moderator Flash Sea Action Snow Midas | TheStC Ret Tyler MC | RIP 우정호

thoradycus Profile Joined August 2010 Malaysia 3262 Posts #9 So what woud happen to GOMTV then?

Maliris Profile Blog Joined April 2011 Northern Ireland 2557 Posts #10 Yesssssss this is great news for eSports "Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines."

Eleaven Profile Joined September 2010 771 Posts #11 Hell, it's about time!

vojnik Profile Joined October 2010 Macedonia 923 Posts #12 wow great news indeed For the swarm!

Takkara Profile Blog Joined April 2010 United States 1753 Posts #13 I won't fully believe it til I see the article better sourced. I saw the tweet from superdanielman and he links to his own news blurb. I'm just skeptical. I believe the stalemate is over, but have a hard time believing it's due to "SC2's failure to be embraced by the Korean fans" Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby

Elefanto Profile Joined May 2010 Switzerland 3569 Posts #14 Dear lord please start now a Sc2 proleague

Would be so fucking nice, and Sc1 teams with Sc2 squads.



wat

Omegalisk Profile Blog Joined May 2010 United States 335 Posts #15 While it's great that they are finally coming to an agreement, that news article/forum post is extremely biased toward KESPA. I would like to see a more neutral announcement (maybe when the deal is actually signed).

elkram Profile Blog Joined October 2010 United States 221 Posts #16 So does this mean that we'll get more Korean SC2 tournaments? I'm very curious about the implications of this settlement. Tiger Tiger. burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye. Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

LegendaryZ Profile Blog Joined May 2010 United States 1583 Posts Last Edited: 2011-05-09 12:31:06 #17 On May 09 2011 21:27 Takkara wrote:

I won't fully believe it til I see the article better sourced. I saw the tweet from superdanielman and he links to his own news blurb. I'm just skeptical. I believe the stalemate is over, but have a hard time believing it's due to "SC2's failure to be embraced by the Korean fans"



SC2 really isn't all that popular in Korea right now and that might have weakened Blizzard's position enough for them to concede with the belief that an agreement with KeSPA would help in that regard. Their goal is to preserve their place in the Korean eSports scene and promote their products, not to leech off a dying game. SC2 really isn't all that popular in Korea right now and that might have weakened Blizzard's position enough for them to concede with the belief that an agreement with KeSPA would help in that regard. Their goal is to preserve their place in the Korean eSports scene and promote their products, not to leech off a dying game.

KonohaFlash Profile Joined July 2010 Canada 1590 Posts #18 Man, the news just keeps getting better and better this month

windzor Profile Joined October 2010 Denmark 712 Posts #19 GOMTV still has the right to all broadcasting of SC2 in Korea. They just gave up their SC1 rights like a month ago? So if OGN og MBC wants to do anything SC2 they must pay money to GOMTV. But the likelyhood of that happening is properly bigger now when nobody is sueing them... Yeah

Maliris Profile Blog Joined April 2011 Northern Ireland 2557 Posts #20 Hmm reading over that article again, it is incredibly biased towards kespa.. ;/

SDM doesn't exactly like SC2/blizzard either "Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines."

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