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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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Who said it was a bot? 2006-04-14
Anonymous
Maybe I missed it in the article but did anyone ever ask Blizzard if it was in fact a bot that sent the notice and not a real person? If it isn't legal to have bots do it I would imagine that a company the size of Blizzard would be smart enough to just hire a team of people to issue the takedowns. G...

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