2011年1月27日星期四

Blizzard Blizzard won summary judgment and was awarded

It's an Xbox 360 exclusive.”Bots. Like it or not, they're part of online games like World of Warcraft. A U.S. court ruled on the legality of one particular popular and profitable bot.WoW Glider is a program for World of Warcraft that basically turns your character into one of those annoying bots you see running about. In short, it levels up avatars. The replica Audemars Piguet Millenary Chronograph Watches company that created the program, MDY Industries, raked in millions off WoW Glider.A suit was originally filed way back in 2007 with WoW developer Blizzard saying that WoW Glider infringes their IP, allows cheating, and circumvents copyright protections.

In 2008, Blizzard Blizzard won summary judgment and was awarded US$6 million. MDY Industries appealed, and a U.S. appeal court ruled that WoW Glider is legal, and the previous decision was overturned.As website Gamer/Law (via Edge) explains, Blizzard lost the copyright argument, but did win the argument that WoW Glider breaks the replica Audemars Piguet MGF045 Watches game's user agreement. Thus, the sale of WoW Glider is still banned. What's more, since the circuit court's ruling overturned the verdict, this either means a retrial or appeals to the US Supreme Court.Don't close the book on this case just yet.

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