Saturday, March 29th 2008
Blizzard Sues Michael Donnelly Over his WoW Glider Bot
Blizzard is suing Michael Donnelly, the creator of the MMO Glider program, which performs key tasks in the game automatically, such as fighting and other game actions. Both sides have submitted legal summaries to the US District Court in Arizona. Blizzard says Glide is a software bot which infringes the company's copyright and potentially damages the game. In its legal submission to the court last week, the firm said: "Blizzard's designs expectations are frustrated, and resources are allocated unevenly, when bots are introduced into the WoW universe, because bots spend far more time in-game than an ordinary player would and consume resources the entire time." Blizzard argued that Michael Donnelly's tool also infringed the End User License Agreement that all parties have to adhere to when playing the game. As result Blizzard wants Michael Donnelly to stop selling Glider and return all profits that he made from its sales. More than 100,000 copies of the tool have been sold for the time being. Mr Donnelly says his tool does not infringe Blizzard's copyright because no "copy" of the Warcraft game client software is ever made. The two parties are now awaiting a summary judgement in the case.
Source:
BBC NEWS
72 Comments on Blizzard Sues Michael Donnelly Over his WoW Glider Bot
^sarcasm :P
I mean, I will admit that the experience is a little ridiculous (I've been playing on and off for 6 months or so and still haven't hit lvl 60), but I would wager I get more enjoyment than many out of the game because I actually play it and am not just simply trying to lvl up. A good MMORPG isn't about just gaining a bunch of levels so you can have everyone look at your gear in awe (and pity), its an immersive experience. Wow doesn't accomplish this fully, but they are on the right track. But crap like this can mess it up.
Except it's even more lame than that. :shadedshu
1. Blizzard is not breaking any laws/agreements even thought WoW can cause addiction and can lead to breakups and lack of social interaction!
2. Michael Donnelly is not braking any laws/agreements with his program. It might be cheating, but he's not to blame.
That is why I think only users are to blame for using it!
Blizzard will probably win this.
some achievement that is.
should ban any prog like this in any game imo ,ruins it for every1 inc the person using it as it isnt his hard work thats got u there.
no point playing it if ur gonna let the pc do it for u lol