Pop law abounds in [hide]The Lawbringer[/hide], your weekly dose of WoW, the law, video games and the MMO genre. [hide]Mathew McCurley[/hide] takes you through the world running parallel to the games we love and enjoy, full of rules, regulations, pitfalls and traps. How about you hang out with us as we discuss some of the more esoteric aspects of the games we love to play?
Deathwing isn’t the only great beast to be impaled to death in an [hide]End Time[/hide] this year, it seems. The tale of Glider, one of the biggest and most famous automation bot software packages for World of Warcraft, is effectively over. Based on reading [hide]various forum links[/hide] (sent by a reader, thank you much) and a hefty amount of [hide]Internet Wayback Machine[/hide] research, it appears that the lawsuit was settled and Glider is no more. What were the terms of the settlement, and why did Glider settle after the news back in 2010?
When I [hide]last updated you all[/hide] about the Glider case back in December 2010, the courts reversed much of the decision in regards to the EULA copyright infringement claims but not with respect to violations of the [hide]Digital Millenium Copyright Act[/hide], as Glider circumvented the [hide]Warden software[/hide] to essentially hack Blizzard’s software. MDY Glider was not victorious per se, but it was definitely in a better position than it would have been had the copyright infringement stuff stood.[hide]Continue reading The Lawbringer: Glider’s story ends[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Analysis / Opinion[/hide], [hide]The Lawbringer[/hide][hide]The Lawbringer: Glider’s story ends[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]
Pop law abounds in [hide]The Lawbringer[/hide], your weekly dose of WoW, the law, video games and the MMO genre. [hide]Mathew McCurley[/hide] takes you through the world running parallel to the games we love and enjoy, full of rules, regulations, pitfalls and traps. How about you hang out with us as we discuss some of the more esoteric aspects of the games we love to play?
Deathwing isn’t the only great beast to be impaled to death in an [hide]End Time[/hide] this year, it seems. The tale of Glider, one of the biggest and most famous automation bot software packages for World of Warcraft, is effectively over. Based on reading [hide]various forum links[/hide] (sent by a reader, thank you much) and a hefty amount of [hide]Internet Wayback Machine[/hide] research, it appears that the lawsuit was settled and Glider is no more. What were the terms of the settlement, and why did Glider settle after the news back in 2010?
When I [hide]last updated you all[/hide] about the Glider case back in December 2010, the courts reversed much of the decision in regards to the EULA copyright infringement claims but not with respect to violations of the [hide]Digital Millenium Copyright Act[/hide], as Glider circumvented the [hide]Warden software[/hide] to essentially hack Blizzard’s software. MDY Glider was not victorious per se, but it was definitely in a better position than it would have been had the copyright infringement stuff stood.[hide]Continue reading The Lawbringer: Glider’s story ends[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Analysis / Opinion[/hide], [hide]The Lawbringer[/hide][hide]The Lawbringer: Glider’s story ends[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]
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