Where can I send suggestions for games?
We appreciate the time and energy people put into making suggestions for our current and future
games. Our company policy, however, prevents us from accepting for review any unsolicited ideas.
Often in our industry, an idea being submitted will be identical or similar to one already used
by other companies, or already being independently developed by or for a company. Therefore,
Blizzard Entertainment® has adopted the unalterable policy of refusing to accept or look at any
unsolicited submissions or ideas.
What is Blizzard Entertainment's® copyright / trademark policy for the Internet, specifically for
fan sites? Can I use Blizzard Entertainment's® images, text or sound on my web page? Is it ok if
I use screenshots I take in-game on my web page?
Yes, within certain limits. We asked our legal department to provide some guidelines for you, and
here is what they said:
Blizzard Entertainment® hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-
assignable license to use and display, for home, noncommercial and personal use only, one copy of
any material and/or software that you may download from this site, including, but not limited to,
any files, codes, audio or images incorporated in or generated by the software (collectively the
"Downloaded Content") provided, however, that you must include or maintain all copyright and other
notices contained or associated with such Downloaded Content. You acknowledge and agree that you
may not sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer this license or the Downloaded Content and that
no title to the Downloaded Content has been or will be transferred to you from Blizzard
Entertainment® or anyone else. You also agree that you will not alter, disassemble, decompile,
reverse engineer or otherwise modify the Downloaded Content.
Also, we reserve the right to revoke this limited use license at any time, for any reason, and at
the sole discretion of Blizzard Entertainment®. You may not use our materials on sites that feature
defamatory pornographic, or inflammatory content, including, but not limited to, hacks and cheats
for any of our games or any other content that Blizzard Entertainment® find objectionable or
unlawful.
Are there any legal notices and disclaimers that I need to have on my site when talking about your
products?
Yes. You must include all copyright, trademark and other notices as appropriate. Appropriate
notices can be acquired from here.
Can I register a domain names containing some portion of your product names such as "star-craft.com"
or "war-craft.com?"
Blizzard Entertainment® does not condone the use of our product names in other domain names. We are
concerned that such use could cause confusion for our customers who may assume that the domain is
associated with Blizzard Entertainment®.
Can I put your patches and demos on my web site for download?
Yes. We allow non-commercial mirroring of our patches and demos, so long as you do not alter the
patches or demos in any way, and all files included with the original patch or demo are present and
intact. Blizzard Entertainment® reserves the right to refuse permission to host or distribute our
patches and demos to anyone, for any reason, at any time.
Can I put my own "home-made" maps on my web site for download?
Yes, we encourage players to create maps and trade them on the Internet so long as they are not for
sale or profit, nor any other commercial purpose as defined solely by Blizzard Entertainment®.
Can I put your "Maps of the Week" on my web site for download?
No. These maps are created as a service to our customers, and are available exclusively from
www.battle.net.
Can I translate your site into another language if no such site exists?
No. Aside from the confusion it might cause our customers, we would have no control over the
quality, accuracy or content of such translated sites.
Can I make add-ons or expansions for Blizzard Entertainment® games? Can I sell them?
We do not allow add-ons or expansions for Diablo™. You may make and distribute StarCraft™ and
Warcraft® maps and campaigns that you have created yourself, so long as it is for personal, non-
commercial purposes. Any such maps or campaigns would also be subject to the other terms outlined
in our End User License Agreements included with those products.
Can I sell or charge for a CD or other media containing maps, add-ons or campaigns found on the
Internet?
No.
Can I write novels, screenplays, theatrical productions or other adaptations based on your games?
No. Blizzard Entertainment® reserves the right to extend and expand our properties to other media.
We want to provide a consistent story and universe for our customers, and want to ensure that only
the highest quality, officially licensed and approved material is created based on our characters
and other creative properties.
Can I get authorization to do an expansion pack, novel, screenplay, theatrical production, or
other adaptation based on your games?
Unfortunately, Blizzard Entertainment® cannot accept unsolicited ideas or submissions. As a result,
we will not be able to review or authorize any submissions related to expansions, novels,
screenplays, productions or other adaptations.
Can I write music with samples or characters from your game?
We appreciate the creative energies of customers. Use of our music, sound samples, or characters
from our game in your original compositions is limited for your own personal use and creative
exploration. You may not sell or distribute for commercial purpose any music containing samples
of music, sound or characters taken from our game. Any use of these materials would also be subject
to the terms of our End User License Agreement included with each product.
Can I do a total conversion of your games?
Yes. We've seen some very polished and fun conversions for our games, and have no problems with
total conversions so long as they are for personal use and do not infringe our End User License
Agreement included in our games, nor the rights of any other parties including copyrights, trademarks
or other rights.
Can I create and/or distribute hack and cheats for your games?
No. Blizzard Entertainment® does not support or condone the use or distribution of cheats and/or
hacks for use with Blizzard Entertainment® games under any circumstance.
Can I host a Battle.net® server?
No. Blizzard Entertainment® is not accepting requests to host Battle.net® servers at this time.
Should this policy change in the future, we will make the necessary information available on our
web site.
Does Blizzard Entertainment® allow or support other Battle.net® like or emulation servers? Can I
host one of these rogue servers?
No. Except as set forth in the next paragraph, Blizzard Entertainment® does not support or condone
network play of its games anywhere but Battle.net®. Specifically, you may not host or provide
matchmaking services for any of our games or emulate or redirect the communication protocols used
by Blizzard Entertainment® in the network feature of its games, through protocol emulation,
tunneling, modifying or adding components to the game(s), use of a utility program or any other
techniques now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose including, but not limited to network
play over the Internet, network play utilizing commercial or non-commercial gaming networks or as
part of content aggregation networks without the prior written consent of Blizzard Entertainment®.