9th Circ. Says WoW Bot Creator Violated DMCA

By Richard Vanderford (December 15, 2010, 5:17 PM EST) -- Contradicting an earlier decision by another appeals court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that MDY Industries LLC violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but not copyright law, when it adapted a World of Warcraft bot to circumvent blockades put up by game maker Blizzard Inc....

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