, 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.
Matthew Murphy
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 ...
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