This Means Warcraft!

This Means Warcraft!
Mark Rasch, 2006-04-03

A recent World of Warcraft case involved a WoW book by Brian Knopp that was being sold on eBay. It resulted in automated takedown notices by "lawyerbots" and shows how the legal process today can end up silencing legitimate uses of trademarks and copyrights.

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This Means Warcraft! 2006-04-03
Anonymous

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War of the Worlds 2006-04-03
Mark D. Rasch (2 replies)

Re: War of the Worlds 2006-04-03
Matthew Murphy (1 replies)

Almost as scary as lawyers, but nowhere near as scary as robots and lawyers put together! GOOD GOD!

So, these firms are having a robotic agent that has a high margin of error (such as the 'lawyerbot') send takedown notices that make a copyright claim "under penalty of perjury" without any human review. Isn't that a violation of the law in and of itself, regardless of whether the actual use turns out to be infringing?

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Knopp's personal site also taken down by ISP 2006-04-04
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