So far as I-a non-lawyer-can tell, their latest ownership clause is much longer but not all that much different to the policy they've had with StarCraft II custom games for years. Without limiting the foregoing, you hereby assign to Blizzard all of your rights, title, and interest in and to all Custom Games, including but not limited to any copyrights in the content of any Custom Games." "Custom Games are and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of Blizzard. The ownership clause of Blizzard's current custom game acceptable use policy says: Over on Blizzard's forums, user ThunderPope has been sounding the alarm about Blizzard's changes to their "Custom Games Acceptable Use Policy." Most folks seem quite fixated on Blizzard's ownership of custom games created by players in the map editor. The new legalese, while definitely overbearing and disappointing, shouldn't be a surprise: they started tightening legal claims years ago with StarCraft II.
It's come to everyone's attention that Blizzard have revamped their User Generated Content policy just in time to launch Warcraft 3: Reforged, and claim ownership of all maps made in its editor.
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