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Blizzard Amends Complaint ... Again

Posted by timothy on from the sure-why-not dept.

Patersmith writes "From bnetd.org: Blizzard has amended their compliant again, adding what looks like possible DMCA claims, and adding Rob Crittenden, Wi Yang, and others as defendants. Originally it was thought that the courts would refuse to allow them to add anymore people to the lawsuit since Blizzard/Vivendi missed one of their serving deadlines, but the courts allowed them an exception to add additional defendants. Click here for the full scoop."

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  1. This case could have a huge impact. by Alsee · · Score: 5, Interesting

    IANAL

    Defense's response.

    If defendants win the 5th Affirmative Defence then Blizzard would lose it's relevant copyrights. Sounds like this would effectively put some of their stuff into the public domain.

    It looks like winning on the 14th Affirmative Defence would strike down part of the DMCA as unconstitutional. This is also counterclaim 3.

    Winning counterclaim 4 would declare EULA's worthless.

    On the other hand if if Blizzard wins it is a major threat to reverse engineering, emulation, interoperability, and fair-use.

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  2. If you buy a Blizzard product, ... by LordNimon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    then please make a donation, of an amount equal to the cost of the product, to the EFF, with a statement that you want the funds to go to the Bnetd lawsuit. That way, you can enjoy your Blizzard product and have a clear conscience.

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  3. hmm I wonder... by shaitand · · Score: 2, Interesting

    could you implement copy protection in a virus and make it punishable under the DMCA for anti-virus software to circumvent it?