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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Knopp's personal site also taken down by ISP 2006-04-04
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Great article, it seems that Lawyers have found a way exploit the legal system. The exploit being creating FUD among content providers (Websites) with the leaverage of the copyright laws and having things done their way without ever having to go to court. I guess the concept of "actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea" (Wiki->Mens Rea) seems to have been reduced to a simple string match.

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So what is the actual argument, here? 2006-04-06
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Who said it was a bot? 2006-04-14
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