Blizzard/Vivendi 2, bnetd 0

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday September 1, 2005 @10:42AM from the shot-down-twice dept.

wiggles writes "It appears that the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with Blizzard/Vivendi (pdf link) in the ongoing bnetd case. According to the PDF of the opinion posted today, 'Appellants failed to establish a genuine issue of material fact as to the applicability of the interoperability exception [of the DMCA]. The district court properly granted summary judgement in favor of Blizzard and Vivendi on the operability exception. Summary judgement in favor of Blizzard and Vivendi is affirmed.' No word yet on the EFF's website as to what their next move will be."

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Re:My move is still by geekoid · 2005-09-01 10:46 · Score: 4, Funny

Based on WOW's popularity across demographic lines, yes, yes it is just you.

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A simple summary: by geekoid · 2005-09-01 10:50 · Score: 4, Funny

here

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Re:The case by cortana · 2005-09-01 11:48 · Score: 4, Funny

Fear not, consumer! It is only a matter of time before your outmoded laws are harmonised with those of America.