Blizzard Stomps Bnetd in DMCA Case

Posted by michael on Saturday October 2, 2004 @06:00AM from the if-you-buy-blizzard-games-you're-supporting-them dept.

base3 writes "The EFF reported that the Vivendi/Blizzard vs. the good guys case has been decided, and it doesn't look good. Some highlights from the ruling are: A clickthrough EULA isn't unconscionable (and thus enforceable); Fair Use rights can be waived in a EULA; First Sale rights (!) can be waived in a EULA; The DMCA's interoperability provisions are not a defense. If this ruling is allowed to stand, it will allow one-sided EULAs to force the waiver of the rights of First Sale and Fair Use. This, combined with the Supreme Court's recent assent to perpetual copyright, a few decades at a time, will destroy any semblance of balance in U.S. copyright law. Fortunately, the EFF plans to appeal the ruling."

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Re:First Post!!!!! by Frightcrawler · 2004-10-02 06:03 · Score: 0, Redundant

Maybe you should press refresh before you post. :P
Re:This is bad. by greggman · 2004-10-02 08:12 · Score: 1, Redundant

So don't buy CDs that don't put their conditions in plain wording on the outside of the package.

Nobody put a gun to your head and made you buy the CD.