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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! 2006-04-04
Jeff Hotchkiss, UK
An excellent article - it makes me wonder if this sort of activity is unique to the US (i.e. due solely to the provisions of the DMCA).

One possible solution is that such notifications must be in writing, as in pen and paper, which would keep the mail service in business and eliminate the robots....

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