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Court Upholds Blizzard's Anti-Bot DMCA Claim, Denies Copyright Infringement

Posted by Soulskill on from the should-have-farmed-more-rep-with-the-judges dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Ninth Circuit reversed a $6.5 million judgment for Blizzard against MDY Industries, saying that making bots is not copyright infringement. The bad news for MDY? The court found that they did violate DMCA Section 1201(a)(2) (PDF), which prohibits trafficking in products that circumvent technologies designed to control access to copyright-protected works."

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  1. Re:Crack down on spam already. by Lakitu · · Score: 3, Funny

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