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The Server Emulator

Server emulator is a term that is used to refer to an internet server that mimics the behavior of another server that is usually more well known. This is implemented through cloning or reverse engineering of the original server. Other synonyms include server reimplementation, server engine recreation, or server-side emulation.
The term is widely used to describe reimplementation of MMORPG game servers, typically unauthorized clones of proprietary commercial software by a third party. Technically, a server emulator does not emulate by the traditional definition, which would permit software from one hardware platform to run on a different one; it is more similar to a terminal emulator.

Legality

The legality or illegality of server emulators is a recurrent argument. There are several branches that are of concern:
* Piracy
* Copyright
* Reverse engineering

End User License Agreement (EULA)
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
Piracy: The most common situation for illegality of server emulation. Some commercial MMORPGs charge the player on a subscription basis, preferably monthly. The majority of emulated servers allow clients to connect and avoid paying subscription fees. In some other cases, there is usually a one-off payment for a licence to use the software. Its game client can be downloaded when not normally available for free, thus also causing loss of revenue for the companies who own their games in a similar motive to traditional software piracy. Even though this may not apply to some games, other issues may take effect.

Copyright and Reverse engineering: Another issue is a possible infringement of the game creators copyright. As the case of Lotus v. Borland demonstrates, recreating "methods of operation" is not a copyright infringement.[dubious – discuss] Thus, emulating copyrighted material is not a breach.[dubious – discuss] However, this demands that the complete emulator is a work of its own. Sometimes the original server software leaks out of the company that created the game, for example AEGIS (Ragnarok Online). Use or distribution of this is definitely a copyright infringement.[citation needed] Modified versions of such original server software are not considered to be server emulators.[dubious – discuss] There are cases where a game creator effectively shut down popular private game servers by threatening lawsuits due to obvious copyright violations such as offering the client for download, or offering downloads of modified files from the original game package.
End User License Agreement and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Another legal issue is the EULA. Today most commercial MMORPGs require the user to sign a clause not to create or use server emulators when installing the client they bought.

List of popular MMORPG's with a server emulator

* Anarchy Online
* Asheron's Call
* Conquer Online
* Dark Age of Camelot
* Diablo II
* EverQuest
* Flyff
* Lineage
* Lineage II
* MapleStory
* Ragnarok Online
* Runescape
* Ultima Online
* World of Warcraft

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