I got two sides to that last thing you said. One, the only Lolsalot wouldn't be a "Copyright" kind of thing. For one, you CAN'T Copyright 'words' like that. Plus, people that don't even play WoW used "lol". "lol" can't be copyrighted(?) and besides, do you think Blizzard really wants to fuck up the money flow they get by doing something like that?

Second, anyone that gives a character that name SHOULD be sued. Stupid names like that really ruin the game. Which is why *I* put a good 15 minutes into thinking of a character name. Hell, I made a Gnome Rogue named "Kneepain" and deleted him just because I thought his name was retarded.

You missed his point entirely sheldon.

Naming a character "lolsalot" is against the EULA because it contains multiple words that are similar to a sentence.

According to this ruling breaking the rules of the EULA is copyright infringement. And thus you are breaking the law.

So characters with names containing sentences, special characters, or inappropriate references are not just against the TOS, they are illegal.

This goes even further, swearing in chat is breaking the law now. Spam is breaking the law. Using unintended game mechanics (such as mcing mobs to get buffs) is against the law.

This is a VERY BAD ruling, even for law abiding players.

Sheldonlock - you fail to understand.

The EULA states that you can't have a name like "lolsalot" or a name that represents a famouse person etc. Since you are breaking the EULA, you are breaking Blizzard's copyright. Therefore, they can sue you for damages.

This decision didn't give Blizzard the ability to copyright "lol," it gave them the ability to sue you for breaking any arbitrary rule they can put in a EULA that you signed.

Blizzard won't do this (you don't sue paying customers), but other companies can use this precedent to do so in the future.

Yes, I agree.

I don't really object to Glider being sued, and subsequently banned. It's kind of retarded anyway; to me it's like hiring someone to watch a movie for you.

I don't even mind that they've used the EULA to do it. My big problem is that they SEEM to be stretching the concept and definition of "copyright" to a point where they can use the EULA as a club to batter anything that Blizzard capriciously decides is against their concept of what WoW should be.