Blizzard C&Ds iPhone Armory app

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

8-23-2008 @ 2:19PM

Hugh "Nomad" Hancock said...

I agree, the comments system kinda blows. Either implement threaded discussions or don't!

@PeeWee: So, does that mean that Blizzard could also sue Opera for making money off writing a browser than can be used to view the Armory? If not, please explain the distinction.

Terms of Use on a website range from "not very plausible" to "total rubbish". Just because they wrote it doesn't mean it's legal. See also the legal kerfuffle a few years ago as various people tried to ban deep-linking into sites, and discovered they couldn't.

@Brandon: Yes, it is different. In your suggested case, the reseller is directly reselling materials copyrighted by the New York Times. To the best of my understanding, the Armory Browser doesn't include any copyrighted content outside their own in the distribution.

The actual case is closer to Google displaying portions of the Blizzard site text in search results. Do you think Google should be legally liable for that?

Add your comments

Your comments:

Remember me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.