There have been various reactions to Blizzard winning the lawsuit against the Bot Glider based on 2 soundbyte arguments: RAM and EULA (End User Licensing Agreement).

If you play World of Warcraft, and never read the EULA, find it here.

MDY, the company that owns Glider, argued that loading a copy of the software into RAM is protected by Section 117. And as reported by Virtually Blind:

MDY prevailed on some other other pending summary judgment issues and Blizzard prevailed on others, but the key result is that MDY has been found by the court to infringe Blizzard’s copyright through the sale of its WoWGlider (now MMOGlider) bot program, and to have tortiously interfered with Blizzard’s relationships with its customers through those sales. VB will be interested in seeing if MDY appeals.

Find the ruling here.

Find the various reactions, (agreement, disagreement, the expression one has after seeing Episode 1 and wondering what just happened) those of interest groups to bloggers, at the links below:

• Public Knowledge: Fine Print Scarier Than Ever: District Court Rules Against MDY in Glider Case (Public Knowledge is the interest group that supported MDI against some of Blizzards claims)
• Tenton Hammer
• Daily Tech: Blizzard Victorious in Case Against Bot Maker
• Virtually Blind: Blizzard Wins Key Judgments Against WoW Bot Maker MDY on Copyright and Tortious Interference Claims
• Electronic Frontier Foundation: You Bought It, But You Don’t Own It

What do you think?

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Awesome Art Work Source: Xia Jie at Blizzard Fan Art.