Blizzard Vs MDY Industries. (Glider)

The battle goes on.

“The Court reaches the following conclusions on the basis of undisputed facts, construction of the EULA and TOU, and controlling Ninth Circuit law: Blizzard owns a valid copyright in the game client software, Blizzard has granted a limited license for WoW players to use the software, use of the software with Glider falls outside the scope of the license established in section 4 of the TOU, use of Glider includes copying to RAM within the meaning of section 106 of the Copyright Act, users of WoW and Glider are not entitled to a section 117 defense, and Glider users therefore infringe Blizzard’s copyright.”

on 11-16-2006, 06:32 PM Mercury (Glider founder and owner) Posted the folowing:

I cannot make any comments on the case right now, as it’s very young and anything could happen. And I’m not a lawyer, so I’m very likely to say something stupid. You are all welcome to kick it around as much as you like, of course.

One thing I can link is the filing on public record. Don’t ask me for details, I can’t give them.

http://www.mmoglider.com/legal/Complaint1.pdf

Edit: I can’t discuss case details because it puts me at risk of making things worse. It’s not that I don’t want to share, it’s that I can’t. On the flip side, you can discuss this as much as you like. It’s an open forum and I highly doubt anyone would construe this board as a place for legal advice.

As of January 21, 5:27 PST. The case still lingers, many many awaiting the outcome. The case was supposed to wrap up last Friday. The Mercury received a letter letting him know the court has not yet come to a decision and will need more time.  I think this is a great thing, it means the court is actually considering the little man and not just siding with the huge corporations.

MY VOTE IS FOR MERCURY.

The most recent post from Mercury involving the case was this:

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