Blizzard Sued By Game Guide Creator 285
Gamespot reports on a suit brought by a game guide creator against Warcraft-maker Blizzard Entertainment. The two parties will be going to court because of an attempt by Blizzard to quash a guide the plaintiff created for the World of Warcraft MMORPG. Offered electronically through eBay, the company claims that the guide creator is infringing on their IP. From the article: "Kopp's complaint argues that his book does not infringe on any of the companies' copyrights for several reasons: The book presents a disclaimer on its first page about its 'unauthorized' nature, contains no copyrighted text or storylines from the game, and makes "fair use" of selected screenshots under copyright law, the complaint said."
Heh. Next thing you know... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The BS of the DMCA (Score:3, Funny)
Re:More reasons for repudiating copyright and IP (Score:2, Funny)
What the poster meant was that since you are an informed individual rather that an ill-informed no-nothing know-it-all, you have no business posting on /. unless you parrot the group mime that EVERYTHING should be free as in beer.
I said good day!