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    Petition to restore Cockatrice server

    So, I don't know if you guys have already heard about it (or if there's another topic open for this, haven't seen it), but the main Cockatrice server was shut down because of legal disputes with Hasbro about copyright infringement.
    Since the software was a very useful tool for us all to playtest online decks for free before buying cards (and I suspect this also was the main point of the problem), I'd suggest you to visit https://www.change.org/petitions/has...ckatrice#share to sign in for Cockatrice to be restored; maybe it could change the turning of things, in a way or the other.

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    Re: Petition to restore Cockatrice server

    Playing the role of Devil's Advocate:
    How would restoration of the Cockatrice server not continue to violate copyright law with regards to effectively copying the full card art and frame directly into the client and at real time?
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    Re: Petition to restore Cockatrice server

    There is no way for them to allow this legally. Cockatrice was in violation of federal law...period. This is wizards trademark, copyright as well as intellectual property that was being used to pretty much counterfeit digital cards. I could see an argument possible if they did not have their own digital product. If you start allowing a dilution of your product via programs such as cockatrice, then it weakens your product as well as the status of their trademark and copyrights.

    Sure I love to playtest before I take a leap and buy new cards. I do this via the use of a nice color printer, sticker photo paper and land cards. My group has a playtest binder with playsets of most high dollar staples to test new ideas with, we do this before going out of pocket a few hundred in cards for a deck that may not work in our meta. To be honest we do not view what we do as legal, but we do see it as necessary to continue to be able to playtest and keep our out of pocket cost down by not buying cards that will not be used.
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    Re: Petition to restore Cockatrice server

    Just use MWS. EZ game.
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    Re: Petition to restore Cockatrice server

    Since I use neither I have to ask: what makes Cockatrice illegal but not MWS?
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    Re: Petition to restore Cockatrice server

    Quote Originally Posted by Hopo View Post
    Since I use neither I have to ask: what makes Cockatrice illegal but not MWS?
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    Re: Petition to restore Cockatrice server

    Quote Originally Posted by nedleeds View Post
    Some possible reasons ...

    It's positioned as a virtual table top pretty well in it's documentation and supports multiple CCGs
    It's tabletop engine is peer to peer and thus doesn't have a central server to 'shut down' (it can be run through a 3rd party server process as well for those cut off from firewalls and whatnot)
    From the Cockatrice thread

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