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Blizzard vs. MDY (MMO Glider)

2008-03-22 05:08:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...MDY Industries, the makers of Glider (previously called WoW Glider) filed motions for summary judgment yesterday, another step in their ongoing legal battle. You can find documents on the MMOGlider website: version 1 and version 2 . I'm not legal expert enough to even explain what a "motion for summary judgement" is, I figured it is a request...
 
Tags: blizzard, glider, blizzard loses revenue, revenue, blizzard bans, glider detections, bases damage blizzard, glider users, mdy
 
 
 
 
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Famed felon seeks to join MDY vs Blizzard

2008-11-06 10:30:00 by Tateru Nino in Massively
 
...MDY over the Glider automation software used with World of Warcraft. Another amicus brief has been filed in the case, and this one is a real attention-getter. An amicus brief (often formally named amicus curiae -- friend of the court) is usually (but not always) where a concerned party submits additional information to the court, often to...
 
Tags: famed felon seeks, mdy, join mdy, blizzard, named amicus curiae, amicus, court, court battle, glider automation software
 
 
 
 
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MDY and Blizzard continue to cross blades

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2008-05-26 19:00:00 by Andrew Russo in Massively
...MDY, makers of the glider program , to court. Now, MDY and Blizzard are moving closer to getting this battle finished The arena of choice is the US District Court of Arizona and the two sides put forth their best efforts and finished their replies. Now we just have to wait for the federal justice system to make a decision on summary...
 
Tags: world, virtual worlds world, blizzard, mdy, mmo industry, lawsuits, government, federal government, court
 
 
 
 
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Massively: MDY and Blizzard continue to cross blades

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2008-05-26 23:47:40 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...MDY, makers of the glider program , to court. Now, MDY and Blizzard are moving closer to getting this battle finished The arena of choice is the US District Court of Arizona and the two sides put forth their best efforts and finished their replies. Now we just have to wait for the federal justice system to make a decision on summary...
 
Tags: world, virtual worlds world, blizzard, mdy, mmo industry, lawsuits, government, federal government, court
 
 
 
 
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Blizzard Vs MDY: Glider Copyright Infringement Proven

2008-07-16 13:14:30 by Editor in MMOsite Gaming News
 
The website of Tentonhammer has released an article about the issue of Blizzard v. MDY suit. MDY is the makers of Glider, the post popular WoW bot software. A a major judgment has come down in Blizzard#DY#s favor
 
Tags: mdy, mdy suit, major judgment, blizzard, blizzarddys favor, post popular, bot software, glider, website
 
 
 
 
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Terra Nova: WoW v. MDY: Copyright, EULAs, and Game Rules

2008-05-05 18:58:46 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
...MDY case. In short they seem to say: sure, cheating is bad, but using the power of copyright law to enforce TOS/EULA contractual agreements will lead to bad results for software users generally This is indeed a very interesting case
 
Tags: bad, terra nova, bad results, fairly obvious theory, copyright claims, public knowledge, toseula provisions, felicfic calculus, jeremy bentham
 
 
 
 
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Blizzard not doing so well against MDY

2008-06-21 10:16:58 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...MDY (WoW Glider) lawsuit . Apparently Public Knowledge, a digital rights advocacy group, intervened as "friend of the court", blasting Blizzard's claim that modifying a copy of WoW in the RAM is a copyright infringement. And the judge ordered Blizzard to respond, which means he doesn't simply accept Blizzard's claim as is This is...
 
Tags: blizzard, simply accept blizzard, rights, court set rules, court, digital rights advocacy, copyright infringement, program, apparently public knowledge
 
 
 
 
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Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Blizzard not doing so well against MDY

2008-06-21 06:31:36 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
...MDY (WoW Glider) lawsuit . Apparently Public Knowledge, a digital rights advocacy group, intervened as "friend of the court", blasting Blizzard's claim that modifying a copy of WoW in the RAM is a copyright infringement. And the judge ordered Blizzard to respond, which means he doesn't simply accept Blizzard's claim as is This is...
 
Tags: blizzard, simply accept blizzard, rights, court set rules, court, digital rights advocacy, copyright infringement, blog, program
 
 
 
 
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Blizzard responds to amicus brief in MDY bot suit

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2008-06-30 13:00:00 by Brenda Holloway in Massively
...MDY's Glider program to bot violated their terms of use and their copyright. Public Knowledge noted that loading legally obtained software into the memory for purposes of running it is explicitly allowed by copyright law . The judge required Blizzard to respond to the argument last Friday, and Virtually Blind has Blizzard's response The...
 
Tags: warcraft software, software, public knowledge, blizzard, public knowledge noted, copyright, software retains, copyright law, public knowledge filed
 
 
 
 
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Massively: Blizzard responds to amicus brief in MDY bot suit

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2008-06-30 13:16:29 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...MDY's Glider program to bot violated their terms of use and their copyright. Public Knowledge noted that loading legally obtained software into the memory for purposes of running it is explicitly allowed by copyright law . The judge required Blizzard to respond to the argument last Friday, and Virtually Blind has Blizzard's response The...
 
Tags: warcraft software, software, public knowledge, blizzard, public knowledge noted, copyright, software retains, copyright law, public knowledge filed