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Blizzard Versus Glider: A Pyrrhic Victory?

Lest anyone missed this little gem among the E3 hubbub, Blizzard has scored a victory against WoW bot maker Glider. Don’t remember that whole kerfluffle? Blizzard sued Glider over EULA infringement for copying code, as well as the ancillary issue of pissing WoW users up and gobbling up resources. Glider shot back with ‘But grinding your way to level 70 is boooooring.’ Probably unsurprisingly, this argument did not go over very well in court and Blizzard won its summary judgment motion. All’s well that end’s well … or is it? Over at PlayNoEvil, there’s some interesting analysis on what this judgment could mean and why it may not be all that it’s cracked up to be: