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[MassLawBlog.Com] My partner Joe Laferrera has written a Client Advisory discussing the 8th Circuit’s decision in Blizzard Entertainment v. Jung, where the court held that the defendant’s efforts to reverse engineer Blizzard’s Internet gaming network in order to provide a competing, alternative network had (a) violated Blizzard’s shrink-wrap agreement, which prohibited reverse engineering, and (b) violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Some related posts from Technorati and Google.
[IP Blawg | Farella Braun + Martel] Game Emulation Software Put On Ice: The trial court granted Blizzard’s motion for summary judgment on essentially four grounds: 1) when the defendants reversed engineered the game CD, they breached the shrink wrap license that accompanied the CD; 2) defendants violated the “anti-circumvention” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) by reverse engineering Blizzard’s code in order to provide non-purchasers with the access “key” to Battle.net;
[ Silicon Valley Media Law Blog] Bnetd case affirmed by 8th circuit: Jung,Download file, the 8th Circuit today has affirmed the district court ruling that found computer hackers liable for breach of their end user software license agreements and for violation of the anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking provisions of the DMCA. We previously summarized and posted the district court ruling here.
[Sinner's Ark] PvPGN Server: Internet play via Kali was tremendously popular and Blizzard went so far as to release a patch called "War2kali.exe" to facilitate play via the Kali network, though no formal agreements were made between Kali and Blizzard. Indeed, Blizzard included a full copy of the freely distributable Kali shareware client in the WarCraft II: Battle Chest edition without asking permission from Kali (none was legally required).
[News.com.com] Group backs ISP in online gaming dispute | CNET News.com: The EFF has become one of the most prominent critics of the DMCA, a broad package of federal laws passed in 1998 that prohibits the circumvention of copy protection and the distribution of devices that can be used to bypass copyrights--even if their users don't do anything illegal once they've broken the security. Software, music and film publishers argue the laws are necessary to protect their interests as venues to disseminate digital goods proliferate.
[Publicknowledge.org] Public Knowledge - Blizzard v. BnetD / Internet Gateway: Motion of Consumers Union and Public Knowledge for Leave to File Brief of Amici Curiae In Support of Internet Gateway, Inc., Tim Jung, Ross Combs and Rob Crittenden, and Brief of Amici Curiae Consumers Union and Public Knowledge In Support of Internet Gateway, Inc., Tim Jung, Ross Combs and Rob Crittenden.
[Dww.com] E-TIPS: September 28, 2005: Meanwhile, the British Columbia Supreme Court, relying in part on the lower court decision in Bangoura, has held that it has jurisdiction in a defamation action by Brian Burke, former General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team, against the New York Post, over comments a columnist made about Burke’s alleged role in a notorious on-ice attack by the Canucks’ Todd Bertuzzi against Steve Moore of the Colorado Avalanche. The New York Post filed a motion to strike the claim and stay the action, arguing that it has no office and doesn’t generally cover any news events in the province, and has few readers or advertisers there.
[Eff.org] EFFector, Vol. 15, No. 11, April 12, 2002: Contact your legislators in Congress and tell them that you opposetechnology mandates (see the Links section below fordetails on EFF's campaigns to oppose the Consumer Broadband and DigitalTelevision Promotion Act [CBDTPA] and the Broadcast Protection DiscussionGroup [BDPG], and to repeal the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [DMCA]).For information on how tocontact your legislators and other government officials, see EFF's"Contacting Congress and Other Policymakers" guide at:
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Posted at October 10, 2005 10:02 AM
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