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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
Great article! This highlights the long known issue that those with the most money, and thus those with the most lawyers, have no problem forcing their own narrow minded interpretation of the law on others. Only now they have even automated the process....

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