Blizzard sued by WOW guide author
Crib notes version for those who don't want to read it. 24-year-old Brian Kopp wrote a WoW guide and sold in on eBay. Blizzard and its verying entities sent takedown notices to eBay saying it violated the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act). The guy was able to get the auctions back on a technicality but then Blizz flooded his account with enough comlaints to get it banned. He made a new account and they did it again. Now he's ticked off and he's not gonna take it anymore. He's suing.
I hope he wins. If he really is only using pics and info that is open to public domain then he's not doing anything wrong. Bliz is just being a typical idiot corporation that feels slighted every time someone else makes money in connection with them without getting a cut for their own pockets. Of course if he is using something that requires permission he doesn't have, he's going down and deservedly so. But this whole thing makes me wonder, how Unofficial are those so called Unofficial strategy guides made by pros? Are they really sanctioned by the game maker and the guide writers are just trying to seem "cool" and anti-establishment?
Crib notes version for those who don't want to read it. 24-year-old Brian Kopp wrote a WoW guide and sold in on eBay. Blizzard and its verying entities sent takedown notices to eBay saying it violated the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act). The guy was able to get the auctions back on a technicality but then Blizz flooded his account with enough comlaints to get it banned. He made a new account and they did it again. Now he's ticked off and he's not gonna take it anymore. He's suing.
I hope he wins. If he really is only using pics and info that is open to public domain then he's not doing anything wrong. Bliz is just being a typical idiot corporation that feels slighted every time someone else makes money in connection with them without getting a cut for their own pockets. Of course if he is using something that requires permission he doesn't have, he's going down and deservedly so. But this whole thing makes me wonder, how Unofficial are those so called Unofficial strategy guides made by pros? Are they really sanctioned by the game maker and the guide writers are just trying to seem "cool" and anti-establishment?
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