Glider Lawsuit Discussion Thread

[pamela]

?? is glider back up there saying something about underground network was competed ?? can some one confirm that for me pis cuz i want back site some is saying it back up and i don't know why its working for me i thank i remember here about a launchpad or how the hell do u update the dame thing lol

[pamela]

shit its not working for me lol i miss spelled on the lest message

[Speedracer22]

shit its not working for me lol i miss spelled on the lest message

glider isnt back yet maybe next year on 15 october wil hear more he said in one thread mercury

[oigres2]

I have followed this thread from day 1 and reading the last few pages, either they haven't read all the posts, are misinformed about the case or just jumping to assumptions. So let me clear what exactly this case is about.

Simple Version: Blizzard are saying that Glider bypasses the security measure within Warden to allow access to the copyrighted material which belongs to Blizzard to allow Glider to work, Glider DO NOT have permission to use this copyrighted material. Here is the law at applies:

TITLE 17 > CHAPTER 12 > § 1201:

(2) No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that—
(A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title;
(B) has only limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title; or
(C) is marketed by that person or another acting in concert with that person with that person’s knowledge for use in circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title.

OK, now read that nice and carefully and it's pretty much what Glider has done. Not only that, The owner of Glider admitted he knew it broke Blizzard's EULA and TOU.

Tho this is a very simplified version of what Blizzard is arguing... it does get alot more technical, but without trying to confuse you, it does involves the copying to RAM BUT, here is the fundamental part of the argument. Blizzard acknowledges that this isn't against any copyright law but it is when accessing and copying data FROM THEIR SERVERS, such as ambience sound triggers, mob spawning points and anything that gets copied to your RAM thats controlled server side. A clear example is this, if you have WoWModel viewer, you can load and see most of WoW's material... tho you are copying this to your RAM, Blizzard says that this isn't copyright but that you are just looking at the literal form of the game and not actually playing or interacting with it. But log into the Blizzard servers and you start copying the non-literal forms of the game into your RAM.

OK, so now we can go back to Glider, Glider bypasses Warden which is a technical measure to protect Blizzad's copyright material (trigger sounds/ ambience sound trigger/mob spawn points ect), in this case its the non-literal form of the game and thats where they are breaking the law.

So this isn't about the license/TOU/EULA, but more so about Blizzard protecting the material which they own the copyrights too.

[~OddBall~]

I have followed this thread from day 1 and reading the last few pages, either they haven't read all the posts, are misinformed about the case or just jumping to assumptions. So let me clear what exactly this case is about.



So this isn't about the license/TOU/EULA, but more so about Blizzard protecting the material which they own the copyrights too.

yes but the reason they have won so far is because of the EULA. So yes, it is about the EULA

[dunno2952]

whats EULA stand for?

[sabe]

end user license agreement

[Eiozo]

i miss glider =(

[arnoldrimmer]

Until Glider comes back I think sometime next Year wow will be dead in any chase...

[Rowro]

Until Glider comes back I think sometime next Year wow will be dead in any chase...

I lol'd. One of the dumbest things I've heard in awhile.

[Tsur]

Until Glider comes back I think sometime next Year wow will be dead in any chase...

Are you kidding? This game and cockroaches are going to be the only thing left after we're all nuked.

[Multitask]

Are you kidding? This game and cockroaches are going to be the only thing left after we're all nuked.

the next xpac will kill wow

[kingofwc]

I hope glider wins the case, I'll pay 50$ for that shit, or more

[Biden]

they better win

[Satanicer66]

I hope glider wins the case, I'll pay 50$ for that shit, or more

Indeeed, I'd even pay 100$ to see Glider back