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Your remark is utter fucking bullshit; it's clear that is not the basis of this case. The decision explains clearly that Blizzard cannot put arbitrary conditio
by mquander 16y ago
Your remark is utter fucking bullshit; it's clear that is not the basis of this case. The decision explains clearly that Blizzard cannot put arbitrary conditions on a user's license to copy the program into RAM, so Glider is not liable for doing so against Blizzard's preference.
First, although WoW players copy the software code into RAM while playing the game, Blizzard’s EULA and ToU authorize all licensed WoW players to do so. We have explained that ToU § 4(B)’s bot prohibition is a license covenant rather than a condition. Thus, a Glider user who violates this covenant does not infringe by continuing to copy code into RAM. Accordingly, MDY does not violate § 1201(b)(1) by enabling Glider users to avoid Warden’s interruption of their authorized copying into RAM.
(from earlier)
A Glider user violates the covenants with Blizzard, but does not thereby commit copyright infringement because Glider does not infringe any of Blizzard’s exclusive rights... Were we to hold otherwise, Blizzard — or any software copyright holder — could designate any disfavored conduct during software use as copyright infringement, by purporting to condition the license on the player’s abstention from the disfavored conduct.