, 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.
Expand all |
Post comment
This Means Warcraft!
2006-04-03
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
War of the Worlds
2006-04-03
Mark D. Rasch (2 replies)
Mark D. Rasch (2 replies)
Knopp's personal site also taken down by ISP
2006-04-04
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
This Means Warcraft!
2006-04-04
Anonymous (2 replies)
Anonymous (2 replies)
Let's all hope the outcome of the process will enforce less aggressive "lawyerbots" (I know this is not very likely to happen - But hope dies last).
...
While searching for a litle bit more information, i found the following stuff which might be worth to read (if you want to know a litle bit more about the lawsuit):
1. A news post about the case
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060324-6459.html
2. Those who sued
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2157
2. The lawsuit (complaint)
http://www.citizen.org/documents/003-Complaint.pdf
On a sidenote: "The matter in controversy exceeds $75,000" (quote from complaint) - This means if Kopp wins the case the "lawyerbots" even did him a favor. Since he would never have made that much profit by selling his books...
[ reply ]
Link to this comment: http://www.securityfocus.com/comments/columns/396/33451#33451