Blizzard Folds on WoW Guide Suit

Agent writes "You may remember the suit that Brian Kopp brought against Blizzard, Vivendi and the ESA in March of this year. He sued due to wrongful takedowns under the DMCA of his ebay auctions. The case was settled today, allowing him to resell his guide on eBay and his personal site. The settlement helps more than just Kopp, as it sets a precedent for future interactions of this nature with game companies."

Court != court

[tepples]

Only a court can set a legal precedent

And only a journalist can set a precedent in the court of public opinion.

You can't use this case to even defend against Blizzard themselves suing you unfortunately, let alone anyone else

Think outside the box. Even if you can't defend yourself in a court of law, you can still defend yourself by threatening to make the company's public relations a living h*ll.

Re:But is it any good?

[garylian]

What's the point of getting alts to lvl 60 in 5 days? Besides not sleeping and having zero social life, you haven't really enjoyed a single moment of the game.

I don't play MMOs to hit max level uber-fast. I play them to enjoy them. I liked the fact that it took me about 6 months to hit 60, because WoW was exceedingly boring for a lvl 60 toon. You had a choice of griding for crap drop rates of gear, or doing PvP for a honorless Honor System. Aren't you glad you got your toon to that point in 5 days????

Needless to say, the wife and I were out of the game 2 weeks after hitting 60, with sporadic attempts over the next 2 months of trying to find interest in playing an alt on the other faction. Didn't work, accounts cancelled, never looked back.

Re:Guess I'm the minority

[Pofy]

>I personally wish Blizzard would strongly enforce their Terms of Service
>agreement that states that all virtual property in
>World of Warcraft belongs to Blizzard and therefore cannot be sold.

Which is completely irellevant since you don't sell anything in the normal meaning of selling anyway, it is about transfering items in the game and possession of items in the game, something completely allowed by the game. Actually there are specific systems such as pop up windows, auction houses and mail systems for transfering items between players. Imagine playing a game of monopoly and paying someone some money for a street, are you claiming that whoever holds the copyright, trademark or whatever can object to such a thing? Could the owner of the game do so? No, of course not. It could be against the rules of the game in which case the players of the game could protest and even throw you out. It has NOTHING to do with "virtual" or real property at all, nor of ownership, it has at most to do with rules of the game. besdies, would you say that after such a "sale" of items or gold that Blizzard is no longer "in possession" or "owning" it any more? How bizzare idea if you feel so.