Comment Re:Not buying it. (Score 0) 385
Not that I disagree with the fact that copywrite and software patent law is being abused, but the examples you gave don't do much to prove that point.
Hellfire was an expansion that was licensed by Blizzard to a third party to produce. It wasn't a 'hack' or an unauthorized modification at all.
Same goes for Counter Strike... it was made within the authorized modification framework for Half Life. A similar comparison would be Aeon of Strife for the original Star Craft, or DoTA for Warcraft III. Both were modifications made through the avenues provided by the developer.
These same modification avenues are still available for Starcraft II. It ships with a map editor, and there is even distribution for custom maps built into Battle.net.
I don't know that I agree with what Blizzard is doing, but they are certainly not trying to do what you seem to be accusing them of.